Donald Trump thinks Hillary Clinton's celebrity supporters are ugly
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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:
So, America, forget your thoughts on health care, same-sex marriage, or the role of the federal government. Your choice this fall amounts to this: Who wore it better, Scott Baio and Omarosa Manigault, or Jessica Biel and Magic Johnson?
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Kimberly Alters is the news editor at TheWeek.com. She is a graduate of the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University.
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