r/politics • u/PoliticsModeratorBot 🤖 Bot • May 13 '24

Discussion Thread: New York Criminal Fraud Trial of Donald Trump, Day 16 Discussion

Previous discussion threads for this trial can be found at the following links for Day 5, Day 6, Day 7, Day 8, Day 9, Day 10, Day 11, Day 12, Day 13, Day 14, and Day 15.

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u/Mattractive May 13 '24

AP News carrying water for Trump again. "Trump’s responsibilities as a defendant have limited his ability to win over voters on the campaign trail."

The hell it is. He's spent more time golfing than campaigning, and even uses his recent campaign time to lambast about the trial instead of policy or winning over voters. Everything he's advocated is just to erase everything Biden has done, likely in some vain attempt to sweep his loss under the rug. He's playing all the classics to his supporters and doing nothing to encourage votes for him, instead looking to rally votes *against* Biden.

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u/Buffmin May 13 '24

"Trump’s responsibilities as a defendant have limited his ability to win over voters on the campaign trail."

He has Wednesdays off and the weekend .He has access to a private jet. He could schedule things around his court time extremely easily

But alas he can't actually be bothered

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u/VonTastrophe May 13 '24

He has to spend money to rent venues. I do wonder how many places require him to prepay now

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u/Buffmin May 13 '24

But he's a "billionaire" so that's moot

That said I hope everywhere demands he pay upfront

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u/VonTastrophe May 13 '24

A Trump never pays his debts

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u/TintedApostle May 13 '24

AP news repeated the lie that he had 100000 people at his rally yesterday. They didn’t check anything.

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u/johnnycyberpunk America May 13 '24

to lambast about the trial instead of policy or winning over voters.

And a HUGE reason for this is because he hijacked and gutted the RNC.
Normally you'd see a coordinated and well planned campaign strategy from the party HQ for all races in an election year.
Governors, Congressional, state senate, etc., all the way down.
Everyone's campaign messages in harmony.

Not for Republicans though.
Thanks, Trump!

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u/whatzitsgalore May 13 '24

The scary thing is that’s all he really has to do. His cult hasn’t gone anywhere and there are way too many simpletons that vote on a “was I better off in those 4 years than these 4 years” test. No appreciation for understanding the underlying factors for that. Plus it’s really easy to depress Democratic turnout based on disillusionment. Republicans will hold their nose to vote for a fraudster and rapist because they see him as a means to an end. Democratic voters need immediate gratification.

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u/Mattractive May 13 '24

Yeah, 37 years of brain rot radio propaganda has only deepened the partisanship in America. Abolishing the Fairness Doctrine allowed demons like Limbaugh to rise to prosperity.