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An editor at The Atlantic argued Wednesday night that former President Donald Trump is using unsavory language to “bait critics” as part of his closing argument. Isabel Fattal noted Trump’s so-called “closing argument isn’t a closing argument at all.” Rather, she said, it’s an “invitation” meant to distract Vice President Kamala Harris from her final pitch. She pointed to Trump’s rally Sunday night at Madison Square Garden, which included speakers making racist and sexist remarks, including a comedian calling Puerto Rico a “floating island of garbage.” Trump has insisted he had no idea the com…