Trump’s Razor Will Cut You Up

Bill Stepien, , left, former campaign manager for Governor Chris Christie and his attorney Kevin Marino, leave the State House during a lunch break after listening to the testimony of Kevin O'Dowd, Governor Christie'... Bill Stepien, , left, former campaign manager for Governor Chris Christie and his attorney Kevin Marino, leave the State House during a lunch break after listening to the testimony of Kevin O'Dowd, Governor Christie's chief of staff, before the New Jersey Select Commission on Investigation looking into the closure of lanes on the George Washington Bridge, Trenton, N.J., Monday, June 9, 2014. (AP Photo/The Record of Bergen County, Amy Newman) MORE LESS
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In the novel we’re currently living in, this would be an unrealistic plot development. The editor would strike it from the narrative. But Donald Trump has no editor. So this is happening. Trump is hiring Bill Stepien, a central, implicated and almost immediately fired, figure in the Christie Bridgegate scandal as his national field director. Yes, that’s happening. And yes, you’re supposed to have a national field director before late August. And quite possibly, yes, this means the Trump field campaign will focus on engineering a crippling election day traffic jam in every black neighborhood in the country. Here’s the full story.

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