No, Trump Didn’t Call Republicans ‘Dumbest Group of Voters’ in ‘98

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A quote from a supposed 1998 interview that Trump did with People magazine is making the rounds on social media. (Photo: Facebook/Keyana Saffold)

On Saturday, 22 July 2016, the internet woke up to, among other things, this viral image of Donald Trump proving that he was shooting his mouth off as far back as 1998:

(Photo: The Other 98%)

Trump’s apparent contempt for Republicans, as evidenced by this quote, might have changed the game even this late in the day and we could have been saved the dread prospect of a misogynistic, xenophobic POTUS candidate.

But alas, it was not to be.

A simple Snopes search tells us that the quote is fake; Trump, in his long inglorious history of talking smack about all and sundry, has nevertheless never said any words even remotely resembling these.

Here, however, is a handy list of things he has indeed said:

• Immigration: “I will build a great wall”
  
• Minorities: Justified an attack on an African-American protester at his rally
  
• Women: “You know, it doesn’t really matter what [the media] write as long as you’ve got a young and beautiful piece of ass.”
  
• Abortion: Women who have abortions should face “some form of punishment”
  
• Torture: “I would bring back waterboarding”

Happy voting, America!