26 Times This Election Hit Rock Bottom And Kept Digging
Pretty much the entire news cycle this election has been garbage, but here's the worst of it.
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Elections bring out the worst in this country. From the normal citizen to the media to the candidates themselves, no one is immune from devolving into a duplicitous shit-head every four years.
So, with the election thankfully almost over, let's take a look back on some of its worst moments.
![Donald Trump was asked on Fox News about remarks made by Ted Cruz's father. Trump responded by implying that Rafael Cruz was involved in the Kennedy a](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/5/8/1/582581.jpg?v=2)
![Presidential candidate Ben Carson appeared on a CNN morning show in 2015. IVE ON NEW! And he asserted that being gay is a choice. Carson explained his](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/3/9/7/582397.jpg?v=2)
![Chris Christie introduced Donald Trump at an Arkansas campaign rally. Then Trump told him to get on the plane and go home. The pair arrived together](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/3/9/2/582392.jpg?v=2)
![Ted Cruz made a campaign stop at the Hoosier Gym Community Center. And he called a basketball hoop a basketball ring. Cruz is a big fan of the movie](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/3/8/3/582383.jpg?v=2)
![At a New Hampshire campaign event, Jeb Bush explained the type of president he'd want to be. ERI S RANG In the silence that followed, he said, Please](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/3/7/5/582375.jpg?v=2)
![On the third night of the RNC, Mike Pence became the vice presidential candidate. So Donald Trump tried to kiss him. Trump went in for the big smooch,](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/3/7/4/582374.jpg?v=2)
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![During a September speech, Hillary Clinton spoke out about Donald Trump's base. She said: You can put half of Trump supporters into what I call the b](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/3/9/5/582395.jpg?v=2)
![During an interview, Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson was asked what he'd do about Aleppo. What is Aleppo? was his earnest reply. After asking if](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/3/9/4/582394.jpg?v=2)
![Republican candidate Ben Carson was speaking at a school in Des Moines. And he asked the kids to point out the worst student. Carson likes to tell the](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/3/9/6/582396.jpg?v=2)
![Black Lives Matter protesters interrupted a Portland Bernie Sanders rally. And the Sanders team shouted them down with We stand together. The crowd](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/3/9/0/582390.jpg?v=2)
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![Donald Trump lashed out at the parents of a fallen soldier who made a plea against voting for Trump. Ben Carson said the couple should apologize to Tr](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/3/9/1/582391.jpg?v=2)
![Donald Trump discussed Hillary Clinton's email server at a press conference. And he asked Russia to hack her account. He specifically said, Russia, i](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/0/7/0/583070.jpg?v=2)
![During the VP debate, Tim Kaine brought up Trump's comments about Mexicans. Mike Pence said, you whipped out that Mexican thing again. He went on to](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/3/8/7/582387.jpg?v=2)
![Trump advisor Al Baldasaro was interviewed on The Kuhner Report in July. HAMERICA PLNCE AGAIN And he said Hillary Clinton should be put in the firing](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/3/8/5/582385.jpg?v=2)
![In 2015, Democratic candidate Lincoln Chafee announced his platform: The metric system. Chaffee called the switch just one piece of becoming internat](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/3/8/1/582381.jpg?v=2)
![During the Republican debate, Megyn Kelly asked Donald Trump to explain his comments about women. The next day Trump speculated that Kelly must have h](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/3/9/8/582398.jpg?v=2)
![In 2015, Jeb Bush was asked whether he would have gone to war in Iraq, knowing what we know now. And he answered that he would have. That decision was](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/3/8/2/582382.jpg?v=2)
![At a campaign rally, Donald Trump gave out Lindsey Graham's cell phone number. So Graham made a video of himself destroying his phone. In a video post](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/3/8/0/582380.jpg?v=2)
![During the second debate, Donald Trump was asked about his recorded comments about groping women. He called them locker room talk, then promised to](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/3/7/9/582379.jpg?v=2)
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![During a Democratic debate, Anderson Cooper asked the candidates about their political enemies. Jim Webb replied by boasting about killing a man. The](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/3/7/6/582376.jpg?v=2)
![When Rick Santorum dropped out of the race, he endorsed Marco Rubio. And then couldn't name a single thing Rubio has accomplished. He was asked repeat](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/3/7/8/582378.jpg?v=2)
![Last March, Marco Rubio snarked that Donald Trump had small hands. So Trump opened the Republican debate by reassuring America about the size of his p](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/3/9/3/582393.jpg?v=2)