1. NEW: Even though jury selection has just begun, defeatism is already infecting the coverage of Trump’s trial. No matter the verdict, Trump will suffer no meaningful political damage. I could not disagree more. Trump’s trial is a huge political problem for him. messageboxnews.com/p/why-trumps-t…
2. The general tone of 2024 political coverage is that everything is bad news for Biden and nothing hurts Trump. This is asinine. Trump needs to hold his 2020 voters and persuade some new ones to win. A criminal conviction does not help matters. messageboxnews.com/p/why-trumps-t…
3. Exit polls show that 30% of GOP primary voters won't view Trump as fit for the presidency even if he is convicted. Most of them will come home, but if 3-5% of Trump voters abandon him, it's game over. messageboxnews.com/p/why-trumps-t…
4. Falsifying business records to cover hush money payments may seems like small potatoes compared to a violent insurrection, but 58% of voters in the @nytimes poll see it as a serious crime messageboxnews.com/p/why-trumps-t…
5. There is a massive opportunity cost for Trump. He has to be in court every single day, while Biden can be campaigning in the battleground states. messageboxnews.com/p/why-trumps-t…
6. Perhaps most importantly, being in the news is bad for Trump. The more voters see him, the less comfortable they are with him returning to the White House. He is now in the middle of a months-long criminal trial in the media capital of the world. messageboxnews.com/p/why-trumps-t…
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@danpfeiffer @MrJonCryer The fact he looks like an orc doesn't help. All the Earl Scheib bronzer in the world isn't helping.
@danpfeiffer And what if he’s acquitted? What then? This guy has slimed out of every crime he’s committed. This is hardly the first one. And if he’s acquitted, it’ll just feed the flames of his persecution claims.
@danpfeiffer I am already so tired of seeing him - I cannot imagine I am the only one.
@danpfeiffer Ok this is more like it - no poll BS - just straight up analysis
@danpfeiffer Trump told the lie about not being able to attend his son's graduation. His base was up in arms about that. They are learning it was a lie. Some are bound to feel used
@danpfeiffer This trial gives the public a chance to see what a degenerate, amoral, vicious person he is.
@danpfeiffer His numbers were better last year when we weren’t hearing much from him.