Posted on 08/15/2023 5:56:00 AM PDT by SJackson
Why Wouldn’t Americans See Politics in Trump Indictments? It's transparently clear they will influence the 2024 election. August 15, 2023 by Byron York 6 Comments
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It is sometimes said that the prosecutions of former President Donald Trump are “backfiring” on Democrats. That is, instead of lowering Trump’s political support, they are raising it. That is indeed happening among Republicans and some independents. But many Democrats still hope the cumulative weight of multiple indictments — there will soon be four, when the Georgia case is added to the New York case and the two federal cases — will make it impossible for Trump to win the general election.
That is why there seemed to be a mini panic recently when a number of political observers pointed out that, in spite of everything that has happened, Trump not only has a very good chance of winning the Republican nomination — he also has a reasonable chance of winning the presidency again.
In any event, it is absolutely clear to all involved that the indictments, filed by an elected Democratic district attorney in New York City, by the Biden Justice Department, and soon by an elected Democratic district attorney in Fulton County, Georgia, will influence the 2024 presidential campaign. People can debate whether that is the intention, or part of the intention, of the prosecutions. But there is no doubt that the cases will affect the campaign.
That is where a new poll from CBS News and YouGov comes in. The survey asked this question: “Which concerns you more right now: 1) That Donald Trump tried to overturn a presidential election, [or] 2) That the charges and indictment against Donald Trump are politically motivated, [or] 3) Both.”
Thirty-eight percent said they were more concerned that Trump tried to overturn an election. And then a precisely equal number — 38% — said they were more concerned that the charges and indictment against Trump are politically motivated. And then 24% said they were equally concerned by both.
There were differences among groups. More men than women were concerned that the charges are politically motivated. People under 45 were more concerned about Trump’s actions, while people over 45 were more concerned about political motivation. White people were more concerned about political motivation, while black people and Hispanic people were more concerned about Trump’s actions (although large numbers of the latter two groups, 38% of black people and 35% of Hispanic people, said they were equally concerned about both).
The bottom line is that many, many people see the Trump prosecutions as politically motivated. That does not mean they deny any Trump culpability. They just also see the obvious fact that the prosecutions have a large political component. They then believe, or suspect, that an action so clearly political might have a political motive behind it.
That could be leading many Americans to discount, and perhaps ultimately ignore, the news they hear about each new Trump indictment. A new report from Axios notes that, “The public’s attention to former President Trump’s legal drama has declined with each subsequent indictment.” That is, perhaps, the world’s least surprising news. It’s just human nature that when something is repeated over and over, we become less attuned to each new repetition. Especially when we think at least some of it is just politics.
That could be enormously frustrating to those Democrats most determined to remove Trump from the American political scene. In a recent appearance on MSNBC, the historian Doris Kearns Goodwin expressed bewilderment that Republican leaders have not abandoned Trump. If that does not change by next year, Goodwin said, then the only solution will be “organizing the country at all the levels so that [Trump] cannot win that election.” It is not entirely clear what that meant. In any event, here is how Goodwin addressed continuing GOP support for Trump:
“It’s still so hard to accept that. I thought after Jan. 6, when you saw McConnell speak, when you saw McCarthy speak, that that was going to be the beginning of the leadership turning against him. And then somehow, somehow it has not happened. And it can’t just be a few of them. And we’ve got to figure out, when is that going to happen, when is that going to break. And maybe the more this thing becomes clear what was done, you’ve got to believe that rational thought will come back in the minds of some of these people. But if not, then it’s going to take the overwhelming organization … organizing the country at all the levels so that he cannot win that election. If the party will not depart from him, then he has to be defeated, and the party has to be defeated.”
One does not have to listen too closely to hear the frustration in those words. Some Democrats argue that all this will change when the trials begin. “The audience will come roaring back, I would predict, as soon as major trials are underway and verdicts are close to being rendered,” an NYU professor told Axios. With renewed interest, the thinking goes, there will be renewed opposition to Trump as he is presumably found guilty of the various charges against him.
Maybe that will happen. Maybe it will not. But the fundamental fact remains: Millions of Americans see the Trump indictments as at least partially politically motivated. It is highly unlikely that the partisan Democrats and Biden administration officials behind the prosecutions will ever change that perception
BTTT
Because the average voter is either is willfully uninformed or doesn’t care as long as “their side” wins.
The average conservative I know won’t rock the boat because it would put their retirement and pretty good life at risk.
Lawfare is the biggest problem we face in the United States. For years the left practiced it. Tom Delay tried to warn us about it when Ronny Earle went after him in Austin.
They use their positions in left leaning districts to jail their political opponents.
We have to end it. At this point, the only way to do that is to start to retaliate in kind. It isn’t pretty, but we have to fight this chit. We now live in a system where if you do what they do, you get charged in places like Fulton County, DC, New York City and on.
But they count on us to continue to play by the rules and just take it.
What we are seeing now with the Trump indictments is the final, full fledges use of law fare on a scale they plan on using against every candidate.
Stopping the steal is not overturning an election.
The Left, including the RINO Left, keeps using that spin phrase “tried to overturn the election” as if it were a fact, when it is the exact opposite.
This brings up the two-tiered system of justice that many have bemoaned for years. We've seen those who were rich, powerful and most importantly politically connected get away with everything. For decades, and it's only gotten worse and worse.
So here we have Legit President Trump with the means (money) and will to fight back, and those who are powerful and politically connected are surprised that many rally behind him when they use lawfare against him to "wear him" or "wear us" down to succumb to their will?
Not just no, but HELL NO.
This is the part that they don't seem to get. They think if they just keep beating us over the heads with more indictments and more sham trials that we're doing to give in.
Not just no, but HELL NO.
They are pushing us to the brink of a national divorce which is already happening with mass migration of Americans to free (read that RED) states or worse yet: to Civil War 2.
When a national divorce happens, some states will be 'Lord of the Flies" and others will be free and prosperous. For those still living in blue states such as I am, you'd best have your exit strategy and exit plan docuumented as I do. Start preparing now.
When the national divorce becomes final and all that's left in blue states is what we see now: crime, high taxes, lack of freedom, restrictions on rights (attempts to, some of which succeed unfortunately and some of which fail, thankfully) it's going to be ugly and you'll wish you left sooner.
If CW2 happens before the national divorce is complete, you'll find yourself on your own, vastly outnumbered if still in a blue state.
Don't let that happen to you. The national divorce is well under way, escape the blue states while you still can.
One last comment: these high interest rates are deliberate, they're designed to trap people where they are, financially. Don't fall for it.
“He who builds on the people builds on mud.”
Quote: “I think Byron York misses the larger point that you nailed.”
To reiterate, my larger point is that law fare has been put in use for years now. The Jon Doe cases in Wisconsin, Ronny Earle going after Tom Delay, an on an on. The GOP doesn’t get the message and it better because one way or the other EVERY member will feel the effects.
The goal is simple, make illegal ALL opposition.
Lawfare is finally out and in its final form with these charges against a former sitting President. This announces in no subtle way that they will use law fare against any of us and that they have, in short, had enough with a system that can possibly result in them losing power.
Run against them or oppose them in an election, if you must, but you will be jailed.
Quote: “When the national divorce becomes final and all that’s left in blue states is what we see now: crime, high taxes, lack of freedom, restrictions on rights (attempts to, some of which succeed unfortunately and some of which fail, thankfully) it’s going to be ugly and you’ll wish you left sooner.”
Yup, I tell my wife this all the time. All the time. Finally, she is listening to me and our migration is well under way.
Why Wouldn’t Americans See Politics in Trump Indictments.
Americans do it’s that Marxists who see it as hope to keep the party’s agenda on track.
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