The NYT learned that Donald Trump's campaign over the past two weeks has been turbulent. Reactions follow as Trump accuses immigrants in Ohio of stealing and eating household pets.
This period began when Trump pushed baseless claims that immigrants in Ohio were stealing and eating household pets.
It ended with him facing attacks over his support of the Republican candidate for governor in North Carolina, who referred to himself as a “black Nazi” on the message board of a p*rnographic website. And in between, he urged a government shutdown, elevated a Sept. 11 conspiracy theorist, declared “I HATE TAYLOR SWIFT!” on social media after she endorsed his rival and warned that “the Jewish people” would be responsible if he lost the election.
In the past, such a drumbeat of controversy in the final weeks of the campaign might have given voters pause, even prompting shifts in the race. But this year, the nation has met the crush of chaos with little more than a shrug and, some strategists say, a desire to tune out the campaign altogether.
