Crash Course: The least villainous thing about Trump is his weight

Didn't we learn our lesson last election? 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Stevens: Mocking Trump about his appearance isn’t new, of course. Jokes regarding his hair, skin tone and waistline were all de rigueur during the lead-up to his first election, which should only serve to reinforce a major point: The least villainous thing about Trump is his weight. In choosing to focus on that, even in passing, instead of his alleged criminal activities, delusions of grandeur and fascist dog whistles, really only accomplishes two things. It minimizes the real social and political issues at stake in this election, while also contributing to weight-based stigma which[ research continues to show is dangerous for people](~/AASU4wA~/RgRn68dMP0REaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvYzFheHhyZjRjNi8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPXZzNnp5c2llNGVXA3NwY0IKZgRMQglmavRqyFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo), regardless of where one falls on the political spectrum. [Read more](~/AASU4wA~/RgRn68dMP0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsveDM4YnByMGM5dS8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPXZzNnp5c2llNGUmbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZgRMQglmavRqyFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo). ~/AASU4wA~/RgRn68dMP0REaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvYXNwZml6Ymc3Mi8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPXZzNnp5c2llNGVXA3NwY0IKZgRMQglmavRqyFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo~/AASU4wA~/RgRn68dMP0REaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvZGk2aXV5Mmk5ay8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPXZzNnp5c2llNGVXA3NwY0IKZgRMQglmavRqyFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo~/AASU4wA~/RgRn68dMP0REaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvNzIzeTkyanUzbS8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPXZzNnp5c2llNGVXA3NwY0IKZgRMQglmavRqyFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo~/AASU4wA~/RgRn68dMP0REaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvMG93NGM5bml2ei8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPXZzNnp5c2llNGVXA3NwY0IKZgRMQglmavRqyFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo "Not quite": Trump's First Amendment argument in Ga. case "unlikely" to work, experts say Prosecutors are arguing that Trump's speech in this case is unprotected by the First Amendment "because it's integral to criminal conduct," Atlanta-based criminal defense attorney Andrew Fleischman explained. 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