Trump's former deputy press secretary, Hogan Gidley, said the guilty verdict would change the minds of some voters.
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Hogan Gidley admitted on CNN that the guilty verdict could change the opinion of some voters about Trump. “They don't really care about this case right now, but a verdict that might change some minds here and there, no doubt about it.” pic.twitter.com/nOD28RzeAQ
Sarah Reese Jones (@PoliticusSarah) May 28, 2024
Gidley said on CNN's The Lead with Jake Tapper. They don't really care about this case right now because of the verdict that might change some minds, no doubt about that, but at the end of the day what we're talking about is can you afford gas and can you allow food. Joe Biden, the southern border, the entry of drugs into our communities, human trafficking, child smuggling, the outbreak of chaos around the world under Joe Biden is worse or worse? These are the things we are going to discuss between now and the election. Now, what the American people think about that, of course, and in the landscape of this whole trial, is significant.”
The corporate media message from Trump and his watermen was that the trial and guilty verdict would not affect the election, but what Gidley said was true. The ruling will cause some people who may have considered voting for Trump to walk away from him, and in a close election, if Trump loses 100,000 votes combined in Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin, he won't win the election.
The presidential elections in the USA are close, even if one of the candidates is convicted of crimes. Trump can't afford to lose any voters, and Gidley's comments show why the former president is trying to preemptively overturn a potential conviction.
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