Donald Trump rode a huge wave of nasty insults to victory during the primary season. In the general election, that wave finally swamped him.

But not before dragging the 2016 presidential election down with him to the bottom of a muddy, invective-filled swamp.

Trump’s nastiness first started catching up with him when he attacked the Pakistani American parents of US Army Capt. Humayun Khan, who was killed in 2004 during the Iraq War. People were horrified, but he couldn’t let it go. His nastiness caught up with him again when rival Hillary Clinton confronted him with the story of Alicia Machado, the former Miss Universe Trump fat-shamed after she won the crown and continues to insult today. His attacks on the women who accused him of groping and unwanted kissing continued to drag him down. Then, when Trump directed the words “such a nasty woman” at Clinton during their third and final debate, the nasty wave broke and he went under. But even when he’s drowning, Trump can’t give up the insults, as proven by his graceless performance at the annual Al Smith dinner in New York.