“Basket of deplorables.” A public roasting at the White House Correspondents Dinner. The Khan family. So many gaffes and stumbles in a presidential race can feel at the time like major turning points. But it often takes months of hindsight to know at which point the whole campaign actually turned. We speak with six Times campaign reporters about the moments — often subtle, often off-camera — that struck them as pivotal in this election.
“Basket of deplorables.” A public roasting at the White House Correspondents Dinner. The Khan family. So many gaffes and stumbles in a presidential race can feel at the time like major turning points. But it often takes months of hindsight to know at which point the whole campaign actually turned. We speak with six Times campaign reporters about the moments — often subtle, often off-camera — that struck them as pivotal in this election.