August 2, 2016

At Donald Trump's rally in Ashburn, Virginia today, things happened that I would never imagine happening during a general election. He booted a baby, accepted someone's purple heart, and then this happened:

I don't know about you, but if my mom had heard me call anyone a bitch anywhere -- in public or private -- I'd have had my mouth washed out with soap. Not so with this kid.

Mommy Dearest had more to offer, too:

My reaction is roughly thus:

LA Times reports:

The child, who looked no more than 10, was sitting next to his mother in the media section.

The mother identified herself in a brief interview with a small group of reporters as Pam Kohler of Mount Vernon, Va., but she would not name her son or say how old he is.

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