‘The conventional wisdom asks: How can Donald Trump simultaneously participate in all these criminal trials and run for president? The question misses the point of Trumpism, of the creation and propagation of those famous “alternative facts” of which Kellyanne Conway spoke lo those many years ago, and of the power of fascist spectacle over its adherents. The trials are the campaign. To Trump’s followers, nothing else will matter.’
True.
The fact that Trump committed historic crimes, attempting to overturn a presidential election, disenfranchise millions of Americans, and disrupt the peaceful transfer of power, doesn’t matter to Trump supporters.
Trump’s Trials Don’t Interrupt His Campaign—They Are His Campaign
Most politicians could never mount a campaign amid four criminal proceedings—but that’s what Trump wants, and we need to understand why.
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True.
The fact that Trump committed historic crimes, attempting to overturn a presidential election, disenfranchise millions of Americans, and disrupt the peaceful transfer of power, doesn’t matter to Trump supporters.