Trump's Trial Is Already Wreaking Havoc on His Campaign

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Trump’s Trial Is Already Wreaking Havoc on His Campaign
THE DEFENSE IS RESTLESS
The hush money trial was never going to be good for Trump, but the first week in court proved just how disruptive and damaging it will be for his 2024 bid.
Jake Lahut
Politics Reporter
Updated Apr. 19, 2024 6:35AM EDT / Published Apr. 19, 2024 4:48AM EDT


TRIAL AND ERROR

Even before Donald Trump’s criminal trial in New York began, it was clear that the lengthy and demanding proceedings would fundamentally change his 2024 campaign.

But it only took a few days to show that Trump’s hush money trial will be even more damaging, more constraining, and more significant than anyone expected.

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Taken together, Republicans are left with little more than stopgap solutions and, in some cases, a humbling realization of what’s to come—given that the embarrassing details of his alleged plot to pay off porn star Stormy Daniels are yet to emerge.

“I had sort of underestimated just the giant time-suck this is going to be for him as a candidate,” Alex Conant, a GOP strategist and a top aide on Marco Rubio’s 2016 campaign told The Daily Beast.

Crucially, it’s not just time, but money, being left on the table as the hush money case drags on.

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https://www.thedailybeast.com/trumps-trial-is-already-wreaking-havoc-on-his-campaign?ref=home?ref=home

[ariadne0614]

1. So mote it be.

[ArkansasDemocrat1]

22. So mote it be

[Buns_of_Fire]

2. Alvin Bragg may finish off his candidacy before Jack Smith even gets a shot at him.

Probably not completely - I always thought the classified documents would be the coup de grace - but TSF is "going through some things" that I never saw coming. Good.

[Old Crank]

3. Parking his posterior on a court bench

5 days a week is good for him. And good for us. We don't get near as much insane drivel picked up by the breathless media.

[niyad]

16. Alas, he gets Wednesdays off.

[3Hotdogs]

4. My hope, after a few contempt rulings --- he spends the case in a closed circuit room, away from jurors.

He spends Wednesdays and weekends on Rikers until the case is over.

[malaise]

10. THIS

Rec

[littlemissmartypants]

5. Makes him the perfect Republican candidate...

A loser!

[ProudMNDemocrat]

6. I have to bet those MAGAt down ballot candidates will not invoke his name or likeness...

for their campaigns, lest they have to fork over 5% of their donation hauls like he is some registered trademark or something. I call that EXTORTION.

Want my endorsement? PAY ME FIRST!

[et tu]

8. still for the life of me

i can't understand why biden isn't light years ahead of d45.
please unite and vote~

[unblock]

14. The media has already moved the goalpost to require conviction for it to be a problem

If this trial ends without a conviction, the media will roar about his victory and they will declare him back in the race and probably find a poll showing he's the front-runner.

And ignore that he's a rapist and defamer and still has more trials to come but they'll declare them irrelevant if the can't result in conviction prior to November.

[LiberalFighter]

32. How much of this is on the local news? Not much.

What is the likelihood this is the top of the news on their social media?

[et tu]

39. right, zero

lies are not journalism but are propaganda but still....

[Buns_of_Fire]

11. Lardass might make more money by threatening to endorse them

if they don't cough up some campaign cash.

[JT45242]

15. In Indiana just before the primary...they are clinging to tfg

They were trying to put Maga each other for governor, rep, senator, etc.

Come November, it may backfire, even in neo-Confederacy state like Indiana as Roevember may strike.

[LiberalFighter]

33. Let's hope so.....

I'm in the 3rd district. Every ad I see they are attacking each other. From 3rd district to Governor.

[PatSeg]

19. And it comes with the territory

when you get on the Trump Train. He's just a mob boss with fewer scruples. It was bad enough that he bullied and blackmailed them, now he wants to fleece them as well. It's a racket.

They should have seen it coming.

[TSExile]

31. Yes, and they are getting what they deserve!!

Let them stew in their own juices. They own this.

[PatSeg]

36. Yes they are

We all make mistakes, but these so-called public servants compromised every principle they claimed to embrace. For most, I'm sure it didn't start out that way; just a small trade-off or two, but pretty soon they were in so deep, they couldn't back out.

Well of course, they could have walked away like a handful of republicans did, but most could not or would not let go of that power. And all that for a cartoonish carnival barker with bad hair and the temperament of a toddler.

I have no doubt that they always knew it would end badly, but I suppose they hoped they wouldn't get too tarnished in the process. Too late for that I'm afraid. It will be included in their obituary and their own Liz Cheney warned them.

[Island Deac]

7. Forget not...

The Postman always rings TWICE!

[JoseBalow]

40. Listen to the bell, Grossbard. It tolls for thee

[malaise]

9. Good

Rec😀

[bigmonk]

12. No, it's not.

It's not a hush money trial. That's the title used to minimize it's importance. It's a campaign law violation trial. He's being tried for breaking campaign laws.

[niyad]

13. Election Interference case.

[Kaleva]

23. People are more interested in the sex part of the trial

That will have a far bigger impact with the general population then a wonkish trial about violationd of campaign finance laws.

[GreenWave]

28. And he did it while Mr. Graduation Day was a newborn. Such was his love.

[Kaleva]

29. That will be highlighted

[twodogsbarking]

17. Vote, no matter how much Biden is in the lead. Make it the greatest loss ever for a candidate.

Send the message over and over.

[ArkansasDemocrat1]

24. He's got my vote and the few Ds on my ballot will also n/t

[LuvLoogie]

18. Eat it, MAGAts!

And fuck the GOPs for inflicting us with this malevolent coward bigot.

[dalton99a]

20. POS needs to be resting

in a prison cell

[lindysalsagal]

21. I've always believed his time as a defendant will cost many votes, even if he's acquitted.

They wanted to identify with a winner, not a loser.

[LiberalFighter]

34. I agree. Too many think he has to be convicted.

It could be 11 to 1 to convict and it will be a major impact.

And they forget there are so many other factors that will play out.

[Johnny2X2X]

25. It's just heartening to see him in court

This is awful for him I. Every way. He hates being there having to answer for anything.

[Blue Owl]

26. The paign, the paign...

[pandr32]

27. They wanted him, they got him.

Let's hang him around their necks as the decaying meat he is.

[SWBTATTReg]

30. They (and they probably already have) should demostrated how small his privates are, and the difficulty

that Stormy had in trying to please someone w/ such a small blank. Where is it? Oh, there it is...I've been working forever, is it up yet? That's probably the embarrassing part that they want to cover up. Gross.

[SleeplessinSoCal]

35. He always gets free coverage by being outrageous.

And it appears big money loves outrage.

[orangecrush]

37. GOOD

[BlueTsunami2018]

38. I really don't think it matters much.

He doesn’t need to campaign, his voters are locked in no matter what and the media gives him billions of dollars in free advertising.

This is and was always going to be a coin flip election. We’ve got to turn out the vote like never before in the key swing states. I have no doubt that the President is going to crush in the popular vote but that is irrelevant. It’s going to be a squeaker where it matters, just like the last two times.