Ah, the 2016 election. It's a battle of tear-it-down-and-start-over vs. keep-a-steady-hand; bold baseball cap vs. monochrome pantsuit; combover vs. costly coiffure.
Oh, and it's also a battle of whose celebrity supporters are hotter — at least, that's what Donald Trump implied at a Wednesday rally in Tampa, Florida:
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