As the Republican presidential candidate moves from bragging about sexual assault to facing one woman after another who accuse him of having acted on his terrible words, our country’s citizens seek succinct ways to comprehend just how low our national debate has sunk. In August Time magazine thought he had reached meltdown. Recognizing that things have gone much further, they revisited the summer issue with this week’s updated version. They have done a good job, but I think The Economist gets the prize. Those quotation marks on the floor are just poetic!
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