Campaign stuff: Lustful and/or Delightful

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This blog is about the weird and unexpected things that happen on the campaign 

The news was this morning that Trump handed out pizza and signed a woman’s breast (more accurately, a tank top). 




That’s it. 

That’s the post. 

Now, according to YouTube comments (of which there were at least 60k views), it was the owner’s daughter. 

It was certainly consensual between adults. 

 I was hoping it was a place that I had been, but it wasn’t (and finding the name took a little doing) - Treehouse Pub and Eatery in Bettendorf 

Anyway, this was covered by everyone (Guardian, Fox, BBC, Daily Mail) with the reporting on expected lines (BoingBoing called him “lustful”, Conservative outlets said “he delighted fans”) 

In accordance with the old indecency laws, I probably should provide some meaningful content, so I will offer this:

Fox Business also rolled out this Iowa poll:
 
Trump 46% 
DeSantis 15% 
Haley 11% 
Scott 7% 
Ramaswamy 7% 
Pence 3% 
Christie 3% 
Burgum 2%

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