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Mar-a-Lago raid will boost Trump’s expected 2024 run: experts, supporters
NY Post ^ | August 9, 2022 3:19pm | Callie Patteson, Steven Nelson, Kyle Schnitzer, Kevin Sheehan and Emily Crane Social Links for Emil

Posted on 08/09/2022 1:22:25 PM PDT by conservative98

“The raid and the way in which it was orchestrated and reported gives Republican and swing voters a jolt that will essentially carry through the midterm elections and perhaps beyond,” he added. “There is no question that Republicans and President Trump can leverage this to their political benefit.”

Fellow pollster John Zogby argued that Trump would be able to seize on the raid because — in spite of his wealth — he had appealed as a candidate to those who resented being “abused by ‘elites.'”

“He has been able to hone that message because, despite the bravado, bragging and over-the-top lifestyle, he is a man who personally feels deep resentment for not being treated seriously by those same elites,” Zogby said.

“He is at his most effective when he portrays himself as the victim. And he makes a direct appeal to those who are scared of losing economic or social status, feel as if they have been bullied, or are simply afraid of the future.”

Zogby continued, “He had the good fortune to run against the epitome of the elite [Hillary Clinton] in 2016 and now the scenes of his home in Mar-a-Lago — despite its gaudiness and arrogance — are directly from central casting in a move that would portray Mr. Trump as victim.”

Other prominent political watchers predicted on Twitter that Trump’s support will only surge after the 45th president complained about his estate being raided, “occupied” and “under siege” by the feds.

Former “The View” co-host Meghan McCain, an outspoken critic of Trump, tweeted in response to the news: “This better be legit – or you’re making him a martyr and just handing him 2024 on a silver platter…”

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 2024; maralago; trump
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1 posted on 08/09/2022 1:22:25 PM PDT by conservative98
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To: conservative98

even meghan mccain is saying it


2 posted on 08/09/2022 1:24:56 PM PDT by RummyChick
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To: conservative98

It’s almost as if he set them up.


3 posted on 08/09/2022 1:25:33 PM PDT by rfp1234 (Comitia asinorum et rhinocerum delenda sunt.)
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To: rfp1234

4 D chess?


4 posted on 08/09/2022 1:28:15 PM PDT by hercuroc
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To: conservative98

Really? It takes that many people to write an article? I’ll ignore it based on the idea that socialists need a commune to produce anything.


5 posted on 08/09/2022 1:28:40 PM PDT by ConservativeInPA (Scratch a leftist and you'll find a fascist )
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To: ConservativeInPA

It’s not just the writer, it’s reporters at multiple locations, photographers, etc.


6 posted on 08/09/2022 1:30:16 PM PDT by conservative98
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To: conservative98

The RATS just sealed their fate.

November can’t get here soon enough.


7 posted on 08/09/2022 1:31:44 PM PDT by unixfox (Abolish Slavery, Repeal the 16th Amendment)
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To: unixfox

Don’t matter they will still have the majority all the way to January to literally destroy this nation once and for all.


8 posted on 08/09/2022 1:41:27 PM PDT by RoseofTexas
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To: conservative98

Complete BS, it doesn’t change a single mind. Those of us that know and support Trump still support him. Those that hate Trump, and the American way, still hate Trump and are willing to do absolutely anything to destroy him. My God, these people are using the Patriot Act on parents that dare to speak-up at school board meetings. This is nothing, compared to what they have been doing since before 2000.


9 posted on 08/09/2022 1:43:22 PM PDT by JoSixChip (2020: The year of unreported truths; 2021: My main take away from this year? Trust no one.)
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To: conservative98

The dumbocrats always seem to go “a bridge to far.”

I’m real grateful that my civics or government teachers in high school in the DC metropolitan area all had good gouge and experience working around the political mob. The stories were... often times, bizarre in the extreme. Mostly LBJ, but quite a bit about the JFK, and Watergate was breaking by that time.


10 posted on 08/09/2022 1:43:23 PM PDT by Clutch Martin ("The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right." )
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11 posted on 08/09/2022 1:46:33 PM PDT by Magnum44 (...against all enemies, foreign and domestic... )
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To: JoSixChip

They want to charge him with something (anything) before the midterms. The indictment of whatever crime is likely to be the October surprise, so that (they hope) any GOP candidates connected to him will be “tainted”.


12 posted on 08/09/2022 1:52:05 PM PDT by ConjunctionJunction (Vim vi repellere licet)
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To: ConjunctionJunction

My hope is when they see the reaction to this, it will give them pause.


13 posted on 08/09/2022 1:52:40 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Magnum44

“The ex-president of the United State is either about to be charged with a dramatic and possibly heinous crime by the FBI, or his supporters and Republicans alike are going to become so angry that the political ramifications will be felt like an atomic bomb in midterms and beyond.”

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11095441/MEGHAN-MCCAIN-dont-goods-raid-proof-Deep-State-wants-destroy-Trump.html


14 posted on 08/09/2022 1:53:49 PM PDT by RummyChick
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To: hercuroc

Its nothing Trump did. The denizens of the deep state are just that arrogant and out of touch. They truly do not realize how they come across to others.


15 posted on 08/09/2022 1:54:02 PM PDT by FLT-bird
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To: conservative98
Trump lost ZERO votes last night.

He likely picked up a bunch as well.

16 posted on 08/09/2022 1:56:05 PM PDT by SamAdams76 (3,687,909 users on Truth Social)
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To: conservative98

FBI is now looking fpr Hillary’s emails a Trump’s place.


17 posted on 08/09/2022 2:03:41 PM PDT by George J. Jetso
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To: conservative98
It may be difficult to run an effective campaign in prison orange.

Deep state wants to neutralize Trump and eventually, his supporters.

18 posted on 08/09/2022 2:03:55 PM PDT by thegagline (Sic semper tyrannis )
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To: unixfox

November is an eternity away. Much can happen before then.


19 posted on 08/09/2022 2:11:46 PM PDT by 353FMG
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To: conservative98

The GOP needs to relentlessly refer to the raid as the Trump FBI Raid SCANDAL. . . a partisan raid on the home of an almost certain Presidential candidate in 2024. . . 1,000 times worse than Watergate.


20 posted on 08/09/2022 2:20:28 PM PDT by RatRipper (The Biden Adm is leading an attack against US citizens . . . pure evil.)
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