Hogan Gidley, Trump’s former deputy press secretary, said a guilty verdict would change the minds of some voters.
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CNN’s Hogan Gidley acknowledged that a guilty verdict could change some voters’ views on Trump, saying, “They don’t really care about the case right now, but there’s no question that this verdict could change some voters’ minds.” pic.twitter.com/nOD28RzeAQ
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“I think the election really comes down to what the American people care about,” Gidley said on CNN’s Jake Tapper’s “The Lead.” “They don’t really care about this case right now. , no doubt the verdict may change some people’s minds, but at the end of the day, we’re talking about can you afford gas? Is crime going to be better or worse under Joe Biden? Are these where we are from now to? Things to discuss between the elections, of course, how the American people feel about this and the whole trial situation is important.
The message from Trump and his water carriers in corporate media was that the trial and guilty verdict would not impact the election, but what Gidley said was true. The ruling will put some people who may have been considering voting for Trump away from him in a close election if he loses just 100,000 votes combined in Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin. will win the election.
The US presidential election is approaching, even if one of the candidates is found guilty. Trump cannot afford to lose any voters, and Gidley’s comments reveal why the former president has been trying to preempt a possible guilty verdict.
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