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‘A totally unhinged person’: Trump, in series of scathing personal attacks, questions Clinton's mental health

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Supporters of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump boo when Hillary Clinton is mentioned at a rally in Windham, New Hampshire. Photo: AFP
The Washington Post

Donald Trump has unleashed a series of nasty personal attacks against his Democratic opponent, Hillary Clinton, mocking her appearance and questioning her mental health several times during a New Hampshire campaign rally and on social media.

“She is a totally unhinged person. She’s unbalanced. And all you have to do is watch her, see her, read about her,” Trump said during a campaign rally in Windham, New Hampshire, Saturday evening. “She will cause - if she wins, which hopefully she won’t - the destruction of our country from within.”

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The GOP presidential nominee called Clinton unstable and incompetent several times throughout the rally. At one point, he also called her “Hillary Rotten Clinton,” a play on her maiden name, Rodham.

The attacks went far beyond what is considered appropriate or dignified in political discourse. And notably, his most vitriolic attacks focused specifically on ad hominem attacks rather than on policy differences.

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Donald Trump slammed Hillary Clinton as mentally unstable at a Saturday campaign rally, seizing on her admission that she ‘short-circuited’ in comments about her private email use at the State Department. Photo: AFP
Donald Trump slammed Hillary Clinton as mentally unstable at a Saturday campaign rally, seizing on her admission that she ‘short-circuited’ in comments about her private email use at the State Department. Photo: AFP
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