October Surprise: Devlin Barrett
October Surprise
The term 'October Surprise' refers to a type of dirty trick that comes so late in the election calendar that a candidate does not have the time or space to respond, and voters don't have the time to consider what it might mean. Comey's letter to Congress a mere 11 days before Election Day 2016, announcing a renewed investigation into Hillary Clinton's emails, is one of the most significant October Surprises on record. Trump contracting COVID-19 in October does not fit the description because a political opponent or third party did not orchestrate it; it was merely a…
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