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RantCrush Top 5: December 15, 2016
Finally! The East Coast is getting some snow and that holiday feeling is everywhere. As the year comes to a close, many of us are reflecting on what we learned and what happened this year. So, what did 2016 meme to you? Welcome to RantCrush Top 5, where we take you through today’s top five controversial stories in the world of law and policy. Who’s ranting and raving right now? Check it out below:
Graydon Carter is the genius journalist who first mentioned Trump’s tiny hands, calling him a “short-fingered vulgarian” in an article decades ago. Now, Carter has gone after Trump again, with a harsh review of one of the President-elect’s restaurants–the Trump Grill.
Carter wrote in his Vanity Fair review that an eyeball he had eaten years ago tasted better than the restaurant’s “short-rib burger blend molded into a sad little meat thing, sitting in the center of a massive, rapidly staling brioche bun, hiding its shame under a slice of melted orange cheese.” In a shocking coincidence, Trump also insulted Vanity Fair on Twitter this morning:
Has anyone looked at the really poor numbers of @VanityFair Magazine. Way down, big trouble, dead! Graydon Carter, no talent, will be out!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 15, 2016
Carter also wrote: “If the cheeseburger is a quintessential part of America’s identity, Trump’s pledge to ‘make America great again’ suddenly appeared not very promising. (Presumably, Trump’s Great America tastes like an M.S.G.-flavored kitchen sponge lodged between two other sponges).”
But this whole feud has just made some people like Vanity Fair even more:
Vanity Fair numbers are way up. Graydon Carter will be there forever.
— andy lassner (@andylassner) December 15, 2016
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