Donald Trump Endorses Another GOP Senate Candidate, Commits Another Error

Donald Trump speaks during a gun rights rally at the Empire State Plaza on Tuesday, April 1, 2014, in Albany, N.Y. Activists are seeking a repeal of a 2013 state law that outlawed the sales of some popular guns like ... Donald Trump speaks during a gun rights rally at the Empire State Plaza on Tuesday, April 1, 2014, in Albany, N.Y. Activists are seeking a repeal of a 2013 state law that outlawed the sales of some popular guns like the AR-15. The law championed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo has been criticized as unconstitutional by some gun rights activists. (AP Photo/Mike Groll) MORE LESS
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First, he falsely described a Republican U.S. Senate hopeful as a Rhodes Scholar. Now Donald Trump has mistaken a Democratic senator for a Rhode Island lawmaker.

When it comes to offering political endorsements on Twitter this month, the reality television star and real estate mogul has had a couple of stumbles.

On Monday, Trump tweeted his support to former Massachusetts Sen. Scott Brown, the carpetbagger hoping to claim the Republican nomination in New Hampshire’s U.S. Senate race.

Brown, Trump asserted, “is the most competitive GOP option against Obama’s amnesty loving @SenatorSheehan,” referring to a Rhode Island state senator rather than the Democratic incumbent in New Hampshire, Sen. Jeanne Shaheen.

Earlier this month, Trump took to his favorite social media platform to throw his support behind Rep. Tom Cotton (R-AR), the Republican challenger to Sen. Mark Pryor (D-AR).

Falling just shy of the 140-character limit, Trump hailed Cotton as a “man of integrity dedicated to liberty.” He also called the congressman a Rhodes Scholar, an honor that Cotton — for all of his other achievements — never received.

Trump eventually deleted that tweet. His sloppy endorsement of Brown is still posted, at least for now.

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  1. Avatar for mantan mantan says:

    Obviously, the problem isn’t with The Donald’s poor comprehension after skimming Cliff Notes but with the low-paid, under-age compiler who assembles those cheat sheets.

  2. He’s really flipping his wig these days.

  3. Taah. Trump didn’t become a celebrity by being right about things. He became one about 85 percent due to his deeply rooted assholishness. He’s just riding the horse that got him where he is.

  4. The problem is simple—

    When they nailed that dead cat to his head, what passes for his brain leaked out, causing the mess that is Donald Trump.

  5. Avatar for msny msny says:

    What’s the difference between Ann Coulter and Donald Trump?

    One is a despicable, hateful, misogynistic failure of a man, and the other works in real estate.

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