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Why Trump loyalists, VP contenders are flocking to ‘hush money’ trial: ‘It’s about paying homage’
NY Post ^ | 05/14/2024 | Diana Glebova

Posted on 05/14/2024 1:11:54 PM PDT by ChicagoConservative27

Donald Trump’s Manhattan “hush money” trial has been the place for prominent Republicans to see and be seen in recent days — with some hoping the 45th president will remember their loyalty if he gets elected the 47th president this fall, sources tell The Post.

On Tuesday, Trump was flanked by former 2024 primary rivals Vivek Ramaswamy and North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum, as well as House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) and a pair of Florida GOP congressmen, Byron Donalds and Cory Mills.

Other boldface political names to swing by Manhattan Criminal Court include Sens. J.D. Vance (R-Ohio), Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.), and Rick Scott (R-Fla.) as well as Staten Island Rep. Nicole Malliotakis.

“It is about paying homage to Trump and positioning themselves for something should he win in November,” one person close to the Republican National Committee said Tuesday

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


TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; Your Opinion/Questions
KEYWORDS: homage; hushmoneytrial; hushtrumptrial; lawfare; loyalists; maga2024; trial; trump; trumppersecution
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Speaker Johnson was there today in an attempt at redemption. He’s unredeemable. He’s a traitor.


21 posted on 05/14/2024 1:38:09 PM PDT by drypowder
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To: ChicagoConservative27

It’s good that the Speaker was there.Let the crooked judge and crooked prosecutors know that people are watching.


22 posted on 05/14/2024 1:38:45 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Proudly Clinging To My Guns And My Religion)
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To: teeman8r; cyclotic

A lot of things he’s done right.


23 posted on 05/14/2024 1:41:33 PM PDT by sauropod ("This is a time when people reveal themselves for who they are." James O'Keefe Ne supra crepidam)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

We’ve all heard of Kangaroo Courts.
How often do you get to see one in person?
They should have shown up in appropriate costumes.


24 posted on 05/14/2024 1:42:53 PM PDT by sjmjax
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To: Kathy in OC

That’s not laundering. It was on his books and not made out to a bank in the Caribbean. It would have had to be declared as prt of his “income” on his tax forms.


25 posted on 05/14/2024 1:42:57 PM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: Gay State Conservative

That’s the reason. Make this foreign piece of crap judge squirm when a bunch of DC heavyweights eyeball him.


26 posted on 05/14/2024 1:43:58 PM PDT by HYPOCRACY (Brandon's pronouns: Xi/Hur)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Payment personal homage? Not necessarily. The trial has become so utterly biased that even leftists are admitting it and the less conservative Republicans must be thinking, “I could be next.”


27 posted on 05/14/2024 1:53:20 PM PDT by Socon-Econ (adi)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

paying homage my foot ... they’re signaling to the rest of the elected Republican contingent that it’s time to get off their arses and start vocally supporting their party leader instead of leaving him out to dry all by himself (as the cowardly shitheads have repeatedly done in the past) ...

that is: Either hang together, or hang separately ...


28 posted on 05/14/2024 1:59:02 PM PDT by catnipman (A Vote For The Lesser Of Two Evils Still Counts As A Vote For Evil)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Paying homage? How about showing the world what a sham, political show trial this is?


29 posted on 05/14/2024 2:03:52 PM PDT by Obadiah
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Yeah, yeah - when it’s a Lefty they use the word “solidarity”, otherwise, it’s “homage”.


30 posted on 05/14/2024 2:06:39 PM PDT by Billthedrill
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To: ChicagoConservative27

‘It’s about paying homage’
= = =

OK

I think I’ll toss $20’s out my pickup window, down at the trailer park to show my solidarity.

Oops, do not confuse me with Billy C


31 posted on 05/14/2024 2:08:20 PM PDT by Scrambler Bob (Running Rampant, and not endorsing nonsense; My pronoun is EXIT.)
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To: Socon-Econ
There are so many things ludicrously wrong about this trial that even many leftists can acknowledge it. But all that matters is what the 12 jurors decide...and they may all be determined to "stick it" to Trump for beating Hillary in 2016. Some analysts point out that a single juror could prevent a guilty verdict, but how long will a less-passionate Trump-hating Democrat hold out against the pressure from the other jurors?

It is truly bizarre that the chief witness, Michael Cohen, wants Trump to go to prison for following the advice he gave him when he was his lawyer. Will the jury even be allowed to know that Cohen has been convicted of perjury in the past?

32 posted on 05/14/2024 2:08:48 PM PDT by Verginius Rufus
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To: Nateman

Trump’s attorneys have probably suggested Flynn (or, Bannon) not show up.

Sad state of the situation.

Those two are doing much work, for MAGA/Pres Trump, offsite.


33 posted on 05/14/2024 2:09:29 PM PDT by Jane Long (The role of the GOP: to write sharply-worded letters as America becomes a communist hell-hole.)
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To: Verginius Rufus

Will the jury even be allowed to know that Cohen has been convicted of perjury in the past?


Can’t the defense bring this up?


34 posted on 05/14/2024 2:10:52 PM PDT by Jane Long (The role of the GOP: to write sharply-worded letters as America becomes a communist hell-hole.)
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To: Jane Long

Probably if this was a normal trial...but in a normal trial Cohen wouldn’t be a prosecution witness. The judge seems determined to do everything in his power to see to it that Trump is convicted. Can he direct the jury to find Trump guilty?


35 posted on 05/14/2024 2:13:54 PM PDT by Verginius Rufus
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Trump should stand beside them wearing a ball gag


36 posted on 05/14/2024 2:15:58 PM PDT by bigbob
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To: ChicagoConservative27

I saw that Mike Johnson showed up to pretend support before scuttling off to continue betraying conservatives. This guy will be an even bigger obstacle to Trump getting laws passed than Paul Ryan was.


37 posted on 05/14/2024 2:17:28 PM PDT by AnotherUnixGeek
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To: ChicagoConservative27

This hush Trump trial is the most outrageous and damaging attack on our republic in the last 150 years.


38 posted on 05/14/2024 2:18:35 PM PDT by Captain Jack Aubrey (There's not a moment to lose.)
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To: Verginius Rufus

The judge seems determined to do everything in his power to see to it that Trump is convicted. Can he direct the jury to find Trump guilty?


Exactly what I’d wondered about, on another thread, earlier.

He seems to get away with leading the witness (telling prosecution to tell their witness not to talk so much), so, no telling.


39 posted on 05/14/2024 2:27:45 PM PDT by Jane Long (The role of the GOP: to write sharply-worded letters as America becomes a communist hell-hole.)
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To: teeman8r; cyclotic

We just voted. Voted for Harris and Robin Ficker.


40 posted on 05/14/2024 2:48:40 PM PDT by sauropod ("This is a time when people reveal themselves for who they are." James O'Keefe Ne supra crepidam)
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