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CNN Panics That Trump's 'Mugshot' Would Make Him Even More Iconic and Popular
Townhall ^ | 4/2/2023 | Sarah Arnold

Posted on 04/03/2023 11:18:38 AM PDT by Signalman

Democrat’s plan of destroying former President Trump is backfiring, causing the liberal media to panic that Trump’s indictment could make him a stronger candidate in the 2024 election.

CNN is urging the Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg to refrain from releasing Trump’s mugshot to the public, in fear it may make him more famous than he already is.

Liberal guest David Axelrod said that Trump would turn his mugshot photo into iconic novelty items, boosting his chances of taking the crown away from Democrats in 2024.

“One thing I want to say about how he [Trump] is handled on Tuesday if I were the DA, if I were to advise him, and I’m not a lawyer, I’m a political strategist, but I would give him every courtesy that I could. I would certainly not handcuff him. I think he would love that picture,” Axelrod said. “I would make very sure that that booking photo is not released. He would turn it into t-shirts and turn himself into Che Guevara there as an iconic image.”

Axelrod claimed Tuesday’s reported surrender of Trump would turn him into a spectacle that will play out into the former president’s political strategy.

Presidential historian Douglas Brinkley also claimed that Trump’s mugshot would be a historical artifact as iconic as the wanted poster of Abraham Lincoln assassin John Wilkes Booth.

“Now we’re set up to see the biggest reality show that’s come to life … I can’t even think of an artifact except maybe ‘Wanted: John Wilkes Booth’ after the Lincoln assassination of a wanted poster or a mug shot that’s going to be circulating around the world in a kind of way this one of Donald Trump is,” Brinkley said during an appearance on CNN.


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KEYWORDS: cnn; mugshot; suittiesmile; townhall; trump; trump2024
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To: Yo-Yo

Now you’ve done it — 20 years and $1 million for that meme.


21 posted on 04/03/2023 11:28:09 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (I don’t like to think before I say something...I want to be just as surprised as everyone els)
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To: Signalman

CNN is urging the Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg to refrain from releasing Trump’s mugshot to the public, in fear it may make him more famous than he already is. And they will not be able to harvest or print enough ballots to overcome him.


22 posted on 04/03/2023 11:29:49 AM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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To: eyeamok

Funny weren’t these people all about the “Maverick” when the “maverick” was a RINO...

A real MAVERICK and its the end of the world.


23 posted on 04/03/2023 11:29:54 AM PDT by HamiltonJay
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To: Signalman

“I’m not a lawyer, I’m a political strategist”

These days, a distinction without a difference.


24 posted on 04/03/2023 11:30:15 AM PDT by rightwingcrazy (;-,)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom
Now you’ve done it — 20 years and $1 million for that meme.

I didn't make the meme, but look at how tall President Trump appears to be...

25 posted on 04/03/2023 11:30:58 AM PDT by Yo-Yo (Is the /Sarc tag really necessary? Pray for President Biden: Psalm 109:8)
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To: Signalman

When Tom Delay was indicted several years ago, the left was hoping he would appear angry and resentful in his mug shot. Instead, what they got was a photo of him grinning from ear to ear, looking like a man who had just won the lottery. As a result, the mug shot received little exposure in the mainstream media.


26 posted on 04/03/2023 11:33:04 AM PDT by GreenHornet
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To: Signalman

Aren’t mug shots public access?


27 posted on 04/03/2023 11:33:33 AM PDT by stars & stripes forever (Blessed is the nation whose GOD is the LORD. (Psalm 33:12))
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To: Salvey

I will buy a baseball cap with his mug shot.


28 posted on 04/03/2023 11:35:15 AM PDT by entropy12 (Food is most popular anxiety drug, exercise is the least popular.)
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To: FamiliarFace

Democrats don’t do second and third order effects well.


29 posted on 04/03/2023 11:35:27 AM PDT by gov_bean_ counter (Eccl 10:2 - The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but the heart of the fool to the left.)
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To: Signalman
...He would turn it into t-shirts and turn himself into Che Guevara there as an iconic image.”

Interesting choice of words....................

30 posted on 04/03/2023 11:36:49 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Signalman

C
N
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Completely
Not
News


31 posted on 04/03/2023 11:37:05 AM PDT by Pearfect
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To: Signalman

32 posted on 04/03/2023 11:37:11 AM PDT by Tench_Coxe
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To: Signalman

Axelrod on potential Trump mugshot: “ “I would make very sure that that booking photo is not released. He would turn it into t-shirts and turn himself into Che Guevara there as an iconic image.” ...
LOL - Axelrod speaks truth for once.


33 posted on 04/03/2023 11:38:17 AM PDT by GAgal
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To: Signalman

Will the official mugshot hang in local post offices?


34 posted on 04/03/2023 11:38:21 AM PDT by stars & stripes forever (Blessed is the nation whose GOD is the LORD. (Psalm 33:12))
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To: Yo-Yo

The number needs to be “112024”


35 posted on 04/03/2023 11:38:28 AM PDT by Rurudyne (Standup Philosophers )
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To: Signalman

The mugshot will be on every campaign sign in America and world.


36 posted on 04/03/2023 11:41:41 AM PDT by devane617 (Discipline Is Reliable, Motivation Is Fleeting..)
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To: Signalman

37 posted on 04/03/2023 11:41:42 AM PDT by ConservativeInPA ("How did you go bankrupt?" Bill asked. "Two ways," Mike said. "Gradually and then suddenly." )
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To: Rurudyne

That would be funny, but will probably be more along the lines of 2304xxxx.


38 posted on 04/03/2023 11:41:55 AM PDT by FamiliarFace (I got my own way of livin' But everything gets done With a southern accent Where I come from. TP)
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To: sphinx

Or “Shot while trying to escape.”

Put NOTHING past a democrat-commie.


39 posted on 04/03/2023 11:42:58 AM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar (“No man’s life, liberty, or property are safe while the legislature is in session.”)
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To: FamiliarFace
I call them Dumbocrats now, no offense to the flying elephant intended, but everything they do just ends up with conservatives flying higher.
And is oboma or soros the little mouse whispering in the ear of the idiots they have in office?

40 posted on 04/03/2023 11:44:43 AM PDT by Waverunner
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