When Trump looks in the mirror, there’s a whole lot of Weiner staring back at him. But both men are creatures of potent want and pure compulsion who lucked into forgiving audiences. On the home page of The Times’s website on Monday, coincident with the news story about Weiner’s latest sexting and Abedin’s break with him, was a chart documenting when and why 110 G.O.P. He’s on dangerous turf when he goes after Weiner as a “sicko” and a “pervert.” He’s no paragon of rectitude, no pillar of restraint. He’s Weiner with extra traction, Weiner with added gilt.

Source: New York Times August 30, 2016 15:00 UTC