The coalition of anti-Trump activists, from George Conway to Bill Kristol, celebrated Thursday’s guilty verdict against the former president, hailing it as a triumph of justice.
Too soon to say how the verdict impacts the race.
The Right Wing media apparatus & GOP members of Congress will echo Trump’s talking pts that this was a witch-hunt.
We live in a fractured media environment. It’ll come down to if Biden can message why it matters to swing voters
— Alyssa Farah Griffin (@Alyssafarah) May 30, 2024
Todays guilty verdict is absolutely correct, and nobody is above the law.
I look forward to more guilty verdicts when the federal cases move forward.
Trump is now a felon
— Adam Kinzinger (Slava Ukraini) 🇺🇸🇺🇱 (@AdamKinzinger) May 30, 2024
The American citizen, these jurors, did what you failed to do, they’ve held Trump accountable. https://t.co/g7v8oKltUT
— Alexander S. Vindman ❎ (@AVindman) May 30, 2024
Every. Damn. Charge. #TrumpGuilty pic.twitter.com/HaXFqgoHq9
— The Lincoln Project (@ProjectLincoln) May 30, 2024
I think we shouldn’t elect convicted felons to be President of United States.
— Sarah Longwell (@SarahLongwell25) May 30, 2024
The Republican nominee is a convicted felon.
— Steve Schmidt (@SteveSchmidtSES) May 30, 2024
The big question now will be whether or not the conviction will be enough to shift momentum away from former President Trump in Biden’s favor going into the November 5 election. While it will take at least a week to get accurate polling on the matter, establishment Republican Karl Rove, who has been critical of Trump in the past, said on Fox News this week that a guilty verdict could potentially cost Trump key swing voters in crucial states such as Michigan, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania.
“If he is found guilty, let’s not underestimate that there is a problem,” said Karl Rove.
“Think about this. Those numbers, like 11% less likely to vote for him, think about Michigan where they’re, in the RealClearPolitics average, Donald Trump is up by one half of 1%. Or Pennsylvania, where he’s up by 2%, or Wisconsin, where he’s up by 3/10 of 1%,” Rove continued. “So in a close race, like we’re likely to have, having 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11% of the electorate less likely to vote for you is a problem.”
