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Secretly consuming porn in the privacy of one's hotel room after declaring it a "public health crisis" is exactly the kind of hypocrisy we've come to expect from the Republican Party.
Online porn search results are a unique way to discover the kinky inner workings of the general public's desires. According to data compiled by Pornhub, during Donald Trump's D-list Republican National Convention the Cleveland area experienced a 204 percent increase in Muslim/Arab action searches and a 421 percent increase in searches in the "gay-hunks" category, while the term "Trump" saw a 648 percent increase. The biggest traffic change occurred in those over the age of 65 with a 10 percent increase in site visits.
"Trump would have given P.T. Barnum a run for his money if he was doing this 150 years ago," says Nina Hartley. "It's par for the course, when a bunch of people are in one place listening to a consolidated or organized media presentation it gives them ideas. They may also feel like they can do a porn search without someone walking in on them in their hotel room."
A legendary adult actress with a career spanning over three decades, Hartley has grown accustomed to the public's fluctuating sexual preferences so these statistics fail to surprise. Given the numerous Trump XXX parodies, people's curiosity is piqued. Still, for a party that's...