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He did run on "drain the swamp" which meant getting rid of people that do things like this. The problem is that people believed him.

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"Drain the swamp" means different things to different people.

One of the joyous things about political messaging lately!

Other dual-meaning phrases that have been abused of late:

* Fake news

* voter fraud

* Election rigging

* Collusion

* Corruption

What else do we have?

Never got the meaning to "drain the swamp". Is there a negative perception about having wetlands?

Swamps have a lot of standing water which creates a lot of mosquitoes that carry diseases. Draining a swamp reclaims land and prevents kids from dying.

I see. I always thought it was just, "swamps are smelly, okay?"

"The swamp" is a metaphor for DC politics. Unpleasant to navigate and very slow moving.

A lot of politicians go to Washington wanting to drain the swamp. They quickly discover that it isn't a swamp. It's a jacuzzi with free champaign.

Yes, they believed him. Despite numerous examples from his history that he shouldn't be believed.

Yeah but in fairness, the other candidate was someone who was also a proven liar, had the Benghazi scandal under her belt, and had the FBI declare publicly that she violated laws related to the handling of classified information.

As South Park put it, it's the choice between "Giant Douche vs Turd Sandwich".

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