Republicans Are Convinced An Indictment Would Help TDFG.

[ProudMNDemocrat]

Talk about koo koo for Coco Puffs. Those who think TDFG is innocent of all crimes he has committed before and during his stint as President, they are 2 beers shy of a six pack. Even Lisa Murkowski thinks this is "all absurd".
Democrats, however, are skeptical. “It’s hard to make 'convicted of a crime' a good look,” Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse said.

Source: Huff Post

No former president has ever been indicted before in U.S. history, but the prospect of Donald Trump being the first elicited little, if any, alarm among members of his party on Capitol Hill.

Asked about the front-runner for the GOP presidential nomination potentially facing jail time in New York over his role in a hush-money payment to adult film star Stormy Daniels, Republican lawmakers insisted that an indictment would actually help Trump in 2024.

“Only Trump could be helped by an indictment,” Murkowski told HuffPost, throwing up her hands and shaking her head in seeming disbelief. “Seriously, just listen to your question. I don’t mean to be funny, but [for] any other person, an indictment is not a way to win an election.”

More at.....https://www.huffpost.com/entry/donald-trump-indictment-republicans_n_641a3c37e4b01ea5cd90d75a

[Meadowoak]

1. .

[Freethinker65]

2. With the current GOP, an indictment would be a positive.

Paying for sex, bullying and buying your way to a nomination, belittling and threatening any that oppose you, using racism/sexism/fear to divide while enriching yourself is admirable to them. An indictment is a slap on the wrist for paying off a porn star you screwed to better win an election.

[Maeve]

3. Just because people say something doesn't mean they believe it

Goes double for politicians, triple for Repub politicians

[TwilightZone]

4. As far as the GOP base goes, they're probably right.

I agree with Murkowski. It would be a death knell for most politicians, but we've said that about literally hundreds of things where Trump is concerned. The "pussy-grabbing" tape alone would have killed any other candidacy.

I don't agree that the position is crazy. I think it's accurate.

[dutch777]

5. Let's test their theory...and with multiple indictments...state and federal...please!!!!

[Prairie_Seagull]

6. I am perfectly OK with testing that hypothesis. nt

[Mr. Ected]

7. I guess that's a risk we'll all have to take

These thinly-veiled threats are comically ridiculous.

We have a criminal justice system for a reason. The fact that MAGA thinks that all charges pressed against a Republican are politically-motivated (while, of course, none of their investigations into Democrats or their children are motivated by politics) is irrelevant.

Leave the fascists out of our judiciary. We have separation of powers for a reason. This isn't the Kremlin.

[Cracklin Charlie]

8. No, they're not.

It’s “Politics of Fear”

They want YOU to think indicting him would help him.

It’s all they’ve got left.

[Johnny2X2X]

9. This

Exactly what's going on, trying to sow fear and doubt to discourage support for charges.

And it's also a coping mechanism, it's denial.

[PortTack]

13. Yes...these kinds of comments are definitely fear based

[IrishAfricanAmerican]

10. Delusional deplorables.

[pwb]

11. Yeah they could repeat that a million times and it wouldn't stick.

If one has a brain.

[ProfessorGAC]

12. I Heard A Couple Guys On TV Saying This

Problem is, there's a fundamental flaw in their logic.
Both had reasoning that involved a prosecution "cementing the base" (Yes, they both used those same words.)
But, that plain silly. The "base" is already cemented. It's cult behavior and their loyalty can't be strengthened beyond 100% fealty.
Secondly, the "base" is 9-12% of the voting public. There is a vast middle that already showed they're tired of him. An incumbent president lost by nearly 8 million votes!
That vast middle are not likely to be energized to change back because there is an evidence based perception of criminal behavior.
But, if they want to think that, they are encouraged by me to proceed with that plan.

[PortTack]

14. Great summation!

[ProfessorGAC]

15. Thanks

The argument that being indicted helps seems ridiculous to me, and it's not even hard to explain why.

[Midnight Writer]

17. Exactly. It may agitate his base supporters, but will not bring in any new supporters.

[Phoenix61]

18. Very well stated.

They seem unable to accept that what helped him win in 2016 has cost everyone, except DeSatan, their election. Only his tiny little base is backing him. I think as more states push for less access to abortion, books, and transgender care that’s all he’s going to have and you can’t win the general with 9-12% of the vote.

[Silent3]

16. As Lawrence O'Donnell wisely pointed out last night, Republicans *say* and indictment would help

This should never, ever be accepted at face value as what they actually believe to be true.