Former president Doland Trump facing more indictments could make his run to get back to the white house in 2024 much more difficult, according to a recent poll by The Independent. According to a survey taken by 1,571 voters who are registered in the United States by WPA Research, a Republican polling company, President Biden is leading over former president Donald Trump by five points at 40% to 47%, with voters of various parties. Biden was also showing an impressive lead with independent voters at 14%. Trump being charged and indicted again makes it harder for people to look the other way regarding his past and the fact that many people feel he should have consequences for his crimes just like anyone else would.
Crimes Committed
One user said, “Forget the political implications. Trump should be indicted because he committed crimes. Hard stop.”
Another reader said, “Trump supporters keep disingenuously asking what crimes has Trump committed. The Manhattan DA case by Alvin Bragg isn’t the only crime that Trump may have committed.”
Conservative Press
One user said, “People who don’t think Trump did anything illegal have their heads firmly planted in the sand. That’s what watching Fox News does to people.”
MAGA Republicans
A reader user stated, “MAGA Republicans have shown many times over that they don’t care about their candidate’s integrity or criminal activity.”
One user said, “I highly doubt it. Republicans ditched the idea of integrity before Trump was even elected, and they’ve only been accepting more and more awful stuff from their own party ever since. For example George Santos, Republicans are rallying around him to keep him from being expelled.”
Another reader said, “The people who support him to this day, will not be swayed by anything. It might get independents to go out and vote, but the far right cannot be reasoned with. Trying to compromise with them is suicide because they always have their fingers crossed behind their back when the shake hands.”
Go Vote
Someone said, “Not that I doubt that to be accurate but who are the people who need to see more indictments for it to get them to the polls?”
Political Tool
A reader stated, “I’m no fan of Trump, but the headline pretty clearly implies that indictments should be a political tool. This is terrifying, no matter who they’re talking about indicting. Let’s not forget that abuse of power is not something Republicans have a monopoly on.”
A user said, “I donated thousands of dollars for the 2020 elections between many different candidates. I’ve stopped all donations until Trump faces an indictment from the Federal Government. I’ll even settle for an indictment for his criminal behavior in Georgia. Until then, no more political donations.”
Political Games
One reader commented saying, “Boost? You mean lowering the bar to win. Which really sucks when you want this country to get better. Blue no matter who? No it really matters who and this keeps good candidates off the ballots. Michigan my state had a high voter turnout. We got good dem candidates and initiatives passed in our state. Abortion is a right. Pot legalized. Our roads are getting fixed and our economy is improving. We deserve better candidates. Quit playing to be just better than republicans.”
Another user said, “The idea of trying to use indictments, trials, etc for partisan politicking is pretty off-putting.”
Doubt
A reader said, “Reminds me of all the polls that said Trump wasn’t going to win in 2016.”
Another person commented, “Believe it when I see it.”
One user also stated, “More? Thirty four felony indictments aren’t enough? Maybe just a few more will help? One user commented saying, “How incredibly far we’ve fallen. A single felony indictment should sink a presidential campaign.”
Not Trump
One reader said, “I really wish Biden’s biggest selling point wasn’t that he’s not Trump.”
New Kind of Circus
One reader stated, “I think more indictments are inevitable. If he’s the nominee and flying to appear in courts in multiple jurisdictions, the election will be a circus we’ve never seen before.”
Polling Tool
A user commented, “Republican polling agency conducts a poll to demonstrate that any legal action against Trump is for purely political reasons to benefit Democrats instead of upholding the rule of law, the press plays along, news at 11.”
Another reader said, “I doubt it. Republicans love a criminal. Just look at his poll numbers.”
No Trust
A user stated, “Not offense to the pollsters, but I just don’t believe this. I think there are now just two camps: people who won’t vote for Trump because he’s a train wreck and maga-idiots who won’t vote for anyone else.”
It’s A Cult
A user said, “I call boo. His supporters belong to a cult. That dude could stand in the middle of 5th avenue and shoot someone and the crazies would still support him.”
Propaganda
One person commented with, “Polls have been shown to be wildly inaccurate for the last seven years. At what point do people step back and realize they’re used as tools of propaganda that can be skewed for one candidate, and most people won’t admit to who they’re actually voting for.”
Another reader stated, “This is propaganda intended to convince Trump followers that his prosecution is politically motivated.”
Need A New Candidate
A reader said, “I’m a simple guy, so I’m definitely on the side of “criminal indictments are not a positive for your chances of winning an election” but note that this particular poll is basically from a big DeSantis backer trying to show that they should nominate DeSantis instead of Trump. It’s not a non-partisan poll.”
Another user commented, “The Republican party leadership is very, very stupid from not distancing the entire party from Trump and promoting people like Mike Pompeo, Mike Pence, Rick DeSantis, and Nikki Haley for a 2024 run.”
One reader also said: I’m totally good with them not doing this. I think a Republican president in 2024 could be disastrous for the USA in the short and especially the long term.
Crook
A reader said, “This is the split the GOP is failing to cover. What appeals to their extremist nutjob base does not track with most normal people. Conservatives think being a crook makes you a martyr. But most people just see a crook.”
One user also stated, “Can we stop viewing criminal justice as some kind of partisan *******’ football game, please? What is this headline other than ammunition for the “all the charges are just political!” crowd?”
Another reader stated, “Trump should get charged with any crimes he did because he should get punished for them, not because the party I like will get a boost in the polls.”
Racist & Rude
A user stated, “I’m a black journalist, and I remember my publisher forced me to go to a Trump rally to report on it once. I was one of the only black person there so I stood out from the crowd. Everyone was giving me dirty looks and I felt very uncomfortable. One white man even came up to me and even said to me if I’m sure if I want to be there in a really rude way. When I got a chance to talk to Trump he wasn’t really listening to me and was basically ignoring the questions I was asking him and kind of started doing his own thing and talked a lot about topics irrelevant to the questions I was asking. It was one of the worst few hours of my life.”
Politically Irrelevant
A user said, “Irrelevant. He should be indicted for committing all the crimes he’s committed.”
Another reader said, “I’ve been calling it for YEARS. Trump will catch consequences when it’s politically salient for people to make it happen.”
Political Witch Hunt
“’Trump indictments would give Biden and democrats huge 2024 boost” “ThAt’S hOw YoU kNoW iT’s A pOlItIcAl WiTcH hUnT!!!'”
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