And now, a brief message to Republicans in the wake of Tuesday night’s presidential debate: HAHAHAHAHAAHAHAAAA! Are you freakin’ kidding me? That babbling goon is your standard-bearer? Nice work!

With one smart comment early in the debate, Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris shattered any veneer of sanity around Donald Trump, sending him spiraling into his true, babbling, unhinged form. He was often incomprehensible, all anger and grievance, a dunderhead for the ages and a tragic figure the GOP is fully strapped to.

Harris did what, to Trump, is unthinkable. She said, accurately, that people often leave his rallies "out of exhaustion and boredom" because it’s always the same schtick.

And that was all it took. Trump hadn’t been making much sense to begin with, but he came unglued after that subtle jab, and there aren’t enough antacids in the world to calm the stomachs of honest Republicans who watched the rest.

He became angry, snarling about immigrants and even bringing up a baseless, racist claim that has been circulating lately in the right-wing loon-o-sphere.

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