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Trumps Trial Is Already Wreaking Havoc on His Campaign
THE DEFENSE IS RESTLESS
The hush money trial was never going to be good for Trump, but the first week in court proved just how disruptive and damaging it will be for his 2024 bid.
Jake Lahut
Politics Reporter
Updated Apr. 19, 2024 6:35AM EDT / Published Apr. 19, 2024 4:48AM EDT
TRIAL AND ERROR
Even before Donald Trumps criminal trial in New York began, it was clear that the lengthy and demanding proceedings would fundamentally change his 2024 campaign.
But it only took a few days to show that Trumps hush money trial will be even more damaging, more constraining, and more significant than anyone expected.
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Taken together, Republicans are left with little more than stopgap solutions and, in some cases, a humbling realization of whats to comegiven that the embarrassing details of his alleged plot to pay off porn star Stormy Daniels are yet to emerge.
Crucially, its not just time, but money, being left on the table as the hush money case drags on.
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ariadne0614
(1,734 posts)ArkansasDemocrat1
(1,223 posts)Buns_of_Fire
(17,191 posts)Probably not completely - I always thought the classified documents would be the coup de grace - but TSF is "going through some things" that I never saw coming. Good.
Old Crank
(3,616 posts)5 days a week is good for him. And good for us. We don't get near as much insane drivel picked up by the breathless media.
niyad
(113,527 posts)3Hotdogs
(12,400 posts)He spends Wednesdays and weekends on Rikers until the case is over.
Rec
littlemissmartypants
(22,736 posts)A loser!
ProudMNDemocrat
(16,786 posts)for their campaigns, lest they have to fork over 5% of their donation hauls like he is some registered trademark or something. I call that EXTORTION.
Want my endorsement? PAY ME FIRST!
et tu
(893 posts)i can't understand why biden isn't light years ahead of d45.
please unite and vote~
unblock
(52,306 posts)If this trial ends without a conviction, the media will roar about his victory and they will declare him back in the race and probably find a poll showing he's the front-runner.
And ignore that he's a rapist and defamer and still has more trials to come but they'll declare them irrelevant if the can't result in conviction prior to November.
LiberalFighter
(51,036 posts)What is the likelihood this is the top of the news on their social media?
et tu
(893 posts)lies are not journalism but are propaganda but still....
Buns_of_Fire
(17,191 posts)if they don't cough up some campaign cash.
JT45242
(2,286 posts)They were trying to put Maga each other for governor, rep, senator, etc.
Come November, it may backfire, even in neo-Confederacy state like Indiana as Roevember may strike.
LiberalFighter
(51,036 posts)I'm in the 3rd district. Every ad I see they are attacking each other. From 3rd district to Governor.
PatSeg
(47,567 posts)when you get on the Trump Train. He's just a mob boss with fewer scruples. It was bad enough that he bullied and blackmailed them, now he wants to fleece them as well. It's a racket.
They should have seen it coming.
TSExile
(2,472 posts)Let them stew in their own juices. They own this.
PatSeg
(47,567 posts)We all make mistakes, but these so-called public servants compromised every principle they claimed to embrace. For most, I'm sure it didn't start out that way; just a small trade-off or two, but pretty soon they were in so deep, they couldn't back out.
Well of course, they could have walked away like a handful of republicans did, but most could not or would not let go of that power. And all that for a cartoonish carnival barker with bad hair and the temperament of a toddler.
I have no doubt that they always knew it would end badly, but I suppose they hoped they wouldn't get too tarnished in the process. Too late for that I'm afraid. It will be included in their obituary and their own Liz Cheney warned them.
Island Deac
(104 posts)The Postman always rings TWICE!
JoseBalow
(2,422 posts)malaise
(269,157 posts)Rec😀
bigmonk
(54 posts)It's not a hush money trial. That's the title used to minimize it's importance. It's a campaign law violation trial. He's being tried for breaking campaign laws.
niyad
(113,527 posts)Kaleva
(36,327 posts)That will have a far bigger impact with the general population then a wonkish trial about violationd of campaign finance laws.
GreenWave
(6,765 posts)Kaleva
(36,327 posts)twodogsbarking
(9,794 posts)Send the message over and over.
ArkansasDemocrat1
(1,223 posts)LuvLoogie
(7,021 posts)And fuck the GOPs for inflicting us with this malevolent coward bigot.
dalton99a
(81,566 posts)in a prison cell
lindysalsagal
(20,726 posts)They wanted to identify with a winner, not a loser.
LiberalFighter
(51,036 posts)It could be 11 to 1 to convict and it will be a major impact.
And they forget there are so many other factors that will play out.
Johnny2X2X
(19,107 posts)This is awful for him I. Every way. He hates being there having to answer for anything.
Blue Owl
(50,487 posts)pandr32
(11,605 posts)Let's hang him around their necks as the decaying meat he is.
SWBTATTReg
(22,156 posts)that Stormy had in trying to please someone w/ such a small blank. Where is it? Oh, there it is...I've been working forever, is it up yet? That's probably the embarrassing part that they want to cover up. Gross.
SleeplessinSoCal
(9,135 posts)And it appears big money loves outrage.
orangecrush
(19,611 posts)BlueTsunami2018
(3,503 posts)He doesnt need to campaign, his voters are locked in no matter what and the media gives him billions of dollars in free advertising.
This is and was always going to be a coin flip election. Weve got to turn out the vote like never before in the key swing states. I have no doubt that the President is going to crush in the popular vote but that is irrelevant. Its going to be a squeaker where it matters, just like the last two times.