Those who follow Donald Trump on Twitter will be well accustomed to him prefixing every mention of Hillary with the word ‘crooked’. But whilst Trump has frequently tried to discredit Clinton by painting her as a liar he has never gone so far as to call her the devil. Until now that it. During a speech last night he suggested that in backing Hillary, Bernie Sanders had made a Faustian pact. Trump said of Hillary:
‘She’s the devil. He’s made a deal with the devil. It’s true’
It’s tempting to say that Trump really has crossed the line this time around. But then the wild applause which greeted his remark at the Republican rally in Pennsylvania is the noisy rebuke that suggests otherwise. Trump will continue to say things like this as long as it goes down well with his supporters.
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