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<p>We’ve all been there.</p>
<p>You’re running for federal office, the race is hot, the polls are tight, but you’re doing OK. Then, whammo: A <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/trumps-last-ditch-effort-to-derail-stormy-daniels-case-misfires">porn star</a> informs you that she’s about to tell the world you had an extramarital affair with her a few months after <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/porn-world-mad-at-melania-trump-over-stormy-daniels-porn-hooker-diss">your wife</a> gave birth to <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/barron-trump-tested-positive-for-covid-19-melania-reveals-in-personal-essay">your youngest child</a>.</p>
<p>What do you do?</p>
<p><a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/how-to-pay-off-a-porn-star-if-you-really-must">Read more at The Daily Beast.</a></p><!-- /wp:html --> Photo Illustration by Elizabeth Brockway/The Daily Beast
We’ve all been there.
You’re running for federal office, the race is hot, the polls are tight, but you’re doing OK. Then, whammo: A porn star informs you that she’s about to tell the world you had an extramarital affair with her a few months after your wife gave birth to your youngest child.
What do you do?