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Jarqui

(10,906 posts)
27. It is starting to taper off
Sat Aug 5, 2023, 09:25 AM
Aug 2023

As the truth comes out, it will go down.
There will be a fatigue factor - folks getting sick of the self-inflicted drama.

Trump’s indictments are having diminishing returns for his political fundraising
The second indictment was not as powerful as the first.
https://www.politico.com/news/2023/08/01/trump-indictments-political-fundraising-00109192

Koch Network Raises Over $70 Million for Push to Sink Trump
Americans for Prosperity Action is wading into a Republican presidential primary for the first time, and waiting to see which candidate it will get behind for 2024.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/29/us/politics/koch-network-trump-2024.html

Trump’s energy industry donors defect to his primary rivals
https://www.politico.com/news/2023/07/18/energy-donors-trump-2024-00106827

Top Republican donors plough money into effort to stop Donald Trump
https://www.ft.com/content/4a4a92c8-43b7-40a9-b765-a11e2625e79e

Big-Name Donors Are Moving On From Trump
Deep-pocketed conservatives, including Stephen A. Schwarzman and Kenneth C. Griffin, said they plan to back alternatives to the former president.
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/16/business/trump-donors-schwarzman-griffin.html

Trump burns through donors’ money as legal troubles mount
https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/31/politics/trump-operation-spending-legal-troubles/index.html
He's blown that on the first couple of indictments and EJ Carroll defense (with more $ to come)...

At -16.9 Favorability, he's trending towards his record -18.1
https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/polls/favorability/donald-trump/

Just 4 of Donald Trump's 44 former cabinet members have publicly endorsed his 2024 run
https://www.businessinsider.com/members-trumps-cabinet-just-4-endorsed-him-2024-nbc-2023-7

Chris Christie “The events around the White House from election night forward are a stain on our country’s history & a disgrace to the people who participated. This disgrace falls the most on Donald Trump.”
https://www.nbcnews.com/meet-the-press/meetthepressblog/eyes-2024-gop-presidential-hopefuls-react-trumps-indictment-rcna97695

Asa Hutchinson “I have always said that Donald Trump is morally responsible for the attack on our democracy. Now, with today’s indictment, our system of Justice will determine whether he is criminally responsible.”
https://www.nbcnews.com/meet-the-press/meetthepressblog/eyes-2024-gop-presidential-hopefuls-react-trumps-indictment-rcna97695

Barr obliterates Trump’s defense: ‘He knew well that he had lost the election’
https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/03/politics/bill-barr-trump-arraignment-2020-election/index.html

But recently, other GOP contenders flip:

Mike Pence (Aug 4, 2023 report) "The American people deserve to know that President Trump and his advisers didn't just ask me to pause. They asked me to reject votes, return votes, essentially to overturn the election"
""While I made my case to what I understood my Constitution to require, the president ultimately continued to demand that I choose him over the Constitution."
"What the president maintained that day, and frankly, has said over and over again over the last two and a half years, is completely false," he added. "And it's contrary to what our Constitution and the laws of this country provide."
“Today’s indictment serves as an important reminder: anyone who puts himself over the Constitution should never be President of the United States.”
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/mike-pence-donald-trump-trial/story?id=101988548

DeSantis Dismisses Trump’s 2020 Election Theories as False
The Florida governor went further than he has before in acknowledging that the election was not stolen as a major donor pressured him to appeal to moderates.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/04/us/politics/desantis-trump-election-2020.html

Haley changes tune, calls Trump 'reckless'
https://www.politico.com/news/2023/06/12/trump-indictment-gop-criticism-00101597

Hurd: “Let me be crystal clear: Trump’s presidential bid is driven by an attempt to stay out of prison and scam his supporters into footing his legal bills. Furthermore, his denial of the 2020 election results and actions on Jan. 6 show he’s unfit for office.”
https://www.nbcnews.com/meet-the-press/meetthepressblog/eyes-2024-gop-presidential-hopefuls-react-trumps-indictment-rcna97695

Ramaswamy & Scott have not flipped ... yet.

This is a time they can have 'fun' with the rhetoric "weaponizing the government".
But when the cases start, the prosecution goes first. There will be weeks of facts, testimony (by many Republicans), audio, video, etc and the weaponizing claims become more hollow against the proven facts. We know there is little defense to come. Trump funding will fall off further.

Before that, we'll have more "Eu Tu Brute" moments.
As people find out, his funding will drop off while the GOP scramble to find someone that might help restore the Oval Office to their control.

Some MAGA will still donate when he's in jail. So it is not going to completely stop.

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He better be punished for his latest stunt or else livetohike Aug 2023 #1
Especially true since the previous post showed an array of KewlKat Aug 2023 #2
His attorneys should bleed him of every penny he livetohike Aug 2023 #3
They are all grifter ticks malaise Aug 2023 #6
Grifter ticks! I can't think of a better name. Arkansas Granny Aug 2023 #14
Feasting off the blood of innocents malaise Aug 2023 #19
Trump isn't paying his attorneys out of his own pocket, gab13by13 Aug 2023 #9
It is starting to taper off Jarqui Aug 2023 #27
Impressive work you've done, there. Thx. allegorical oracle Aug 2023 #29
Don't forget his army of lemmings. William769 Aug 2023 #4
Oh my goodness! So good to see you😀 malaise Aug 2023 #5
Still waiting for insurance. William769 Aug 2023 #7
Damn malaise Aug 2023 #8
Tell me about it. William769 Aug 2023 #10
Yep malaise Aug 2023 #11
💕🌻🤗 MerryBlooms Aug 2023 #30
Time for an initial change Old Crank Aug 2023 #12
Oh I like that malaise Aug 2023 #15
He should be put under house arrest and confined to Mara Lardo. That would kill his doc03 Aug 2023 #13
His primary campaign is basically over, gab13by13 Aug 2023 #16
Agree malaise Aug 2023 #18
It will come to that - he cannot help himself malaise Aug 2023 #17
House arrest plus usonian Aug 2023 #31
Lock him up in his own section of a Fed pen. paleotn Aug 2023 #20
#1 - Get him to trial gab13by13 Aug 2023 #21
Yes, but it "could" screw with the jury pool. IT MUST BE STOPPED NOW. Ferrets are Cool Aug 2023 #22
For sure the jury pool will have to remain anonymous. gab13by13 Aug 2023 #23
All played against fear which is real only if he regains power, a long odds likelihood. jaxexpat Aug 2023 #25
Wow. I learned a new word today bluegopher Aug 2023 #24
Bluster and Bullshit? Air B&B. czarjak Aug 2023 #26
Nicely played😀 malaise Aug 2023 #33
5 stages... Hermit-The-Prog Aug 2023 #28
Fabulous malaise Aug 2023 #34
Bluster and bullshit is pretty much all he ever had... Wounded Bear Aug 2023 #32
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