Boycott
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My main takeaway from the affair stories is the fact they never came out during a year long campaign, despite them both being known to media outlets. I always assumed any skeletons in your closet will come out if you decide to run but that didn't apply to Trump for some reason.
Opposition research needs to buck up. If both these stories dropped after the Access Hollywood tape, it might have been enough to bury him.
Tbf this 2005 photo of Obama with Farrakhan was kept hidden and only came to light a few weeks ago because the photographer was told it would hurt then Candidate Obama's chances.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Farrakhan#Allegations_of_antisemitism
Obama had denounced Farrakhan in his campaign and during his presidency and likewise Farrakhan slammed him during the eight years in office but had this photo been published during the campaign who knows how it would have been taken. Obviously questions would have been asked regarding the context and motive behind it as Obama was a little known senator then. The Jewish vote in 2008 for Obama was 78%.