{"id":568234,"date":"2023-03-31T17:42:08","date_gmt":"2023-03-31T14:42:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/republicans-see-indictment-as-boon-for-trump-in-2024\/"},"modified":"2023-03-31T17:42:08","modified_gmt":"2023-03-31T14:42:08","slug":"republicans-see-indictment-as-boon-for-trump-in-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/republicans-see-indictment-as-boon-for-trump-in-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"#Republicans see indictment as boon for Trump in 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/03\/TrumpDonald.jpg?w=900\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Republicans are rushing to defend former President Trump after his indictment on Thursday in an alleged hush money scheme, signaling that the criminal charges could bolster his standing in the 2024 presidential race and ease his path to the GOP nomination.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The indictment doesn\u2019t bar Trump from running for the White House. Yet it marked an extraordinary turn for the former president, who is seeking to reclaim the Oval Office after a 2020 loss that roiled the GOP and sparked a party-wide reckoning over Trump\u2019s political instincts and broader <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>eal among the country\u2019s voters.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr1_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>While there\u2019s still an uncertain road ahead for Trump, many Republicans said that the indictment would only strengthen his standing among an influential conservative base and complicate his GOP rivals\u2019 efforts to cut into his support in an expectedly contentious 2024 primary.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt may turn traditional Republicans away from Trump but it solidifies his position with MAGA [Make America Great Again] voters and will make it harder for other candidates to win them over,\u201d said Dan Eberhart, a Republican donor, adding that \u201cTrump will make great use of this. It will give him a big fundraising boost and lots of free <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a>.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe indictment has put Trump back at the top of the polls, supercharged his online fundraising and scattered landmines in front of every Republican challenging him for the nomination.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Trump has given every indication that he will continue on with his presidential campaign in spite of the indictment, using the charges against him as a cudgel to argue that Democrats are desperate to take him out of the 2024 race because they fear a rematch against him.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>John Feehery, a Republican strategist, slammed Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg (D), whose office is behind the indictment, saying that he made a mistake in charging Trump.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBragg\u2019s a joke. This was a stupid thing for him to do,\u201d Feehery said, adding that Trump\u2019s opponents in the presidential campaign won\u2019t use this against him. \u201cIf this had more validity, they would use this against Trump, but it\u2019s so stupid. Bragg doesn\u2019t come across as a prosecutor. He comes off as a political hack. Bragg is going to be the easy guy to attack.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr2_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>Yet some Republicans said that the indictment carries considerable risks for Trump. He is the first current or former president in U.S. history to face criminal charges, and many in the GOP have already grown weary from the various controversies and dramas that have swirled around Trump and his political career.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Kevin Madden, a longtime Republican strategist who worked as a senior adviser for Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) during his presidential bid in 2012, said for any other candidate the indictment \u201cwould be a huge obstacle that would prevent them from advancing politically.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut he\u2019s going to use this to his advantage. His team has already signaled they\u2019re going to paint this as politically motivated,\u201d Madden said.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr3_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>At the same time, Madden added, \u201cTrump fatigue has set in and the nonstop focus on this \u2026 that\u2019s going to weigh heavily on some voters and over time the burden could get greater and greater on this.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe biggest question is \u2018What are his declared opponents going to do?\u2019\u201d he continued. \u201cThis would be a gift to any other field of candidates \u2026 it should open it up and scramble the race but that\u2019s only if the other candidates try and take advantage of it.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>For Republicans hoping to challenge Trump for the GOP\u2019s 2024 presidential nod, the indictment also carries serious political risks. One Republican strategist who\u2019s been in touch with multiple 2024 hopefuls said that the next several weeks could prove difficult for both declared and potential candidates.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr4_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>\u201cRepublicans are going to rally around Trump and so the question is: How do you find a way to go after him without pissing off a lot of the people that you\u2019re trying to win over?\u201d the strategist said. \u201cI don\u2019t know that I have a good answer right now.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>For now, Trump\u2019s rivals are standing behind him. Entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy, who jumped into the race last month, condemned the charges as a \u201cdangerously politicized prosecution,\u201d while former Vice President Pence, a prospective 2024 candidate, called the indictment an \u201coutrage.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Another 2024 contender, former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley, slammed the charges against Trump on Thursday, tweeting that the indictment is \u201cmore about revenge than it is justice.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr5_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R), who hasn\u2019t yet announced a campaign but is widely expected to in the coming months, said that he would not \u201cassist in any extradition request,\u201d and tweeting on Thursday that the indictment was \u201cun-American.\u201d Trump is a Florida resident, and while state law allows the governor to intervene in extradition matters if they are contested, he would not be able to stop it altogether.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Early polling shows DeSantis has the most serious threat to Trump\u2019s 2024 ambitions, making him the target of near-constant attacks from the former president and his allies. One DeSantis ally said that he could use the indictment to distinguish himself from Trump in the coming months and telegraph that he wouldn\u2019t bring the same kind of drama to the White House.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Republican strategist Susan Del Percio, who doesn\u2019t support Trump, said, \u201cpolitically for now [the indictment] will be a wash with Republican primary voters. Trump doesn\u2019t gain any votes, but he doesn\u2019t lose any core support.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr6_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>Yet she argued that the charges are \u201cvery bad <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a> for Ron DeSantis. For at least a week, it will be all Donald Trump all the time, so DeSantis should put his book tour on hold.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn the other hand, if he has any negative news that may come out, he should get it out next week because all eyes will be on Trump,\u201d she added.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>How the indictment plays out among the broader electorate remains an open question. A Quinnipiac University poll released on Wednesday found that while 55 percent of voters surveyed believe that Bragg\u2019s office is probing for \u201cserious\u201d claims, 60 percent also believe the case is politically motivated.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr7_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>Feehery, the Republican strategist, said Democrats are trying to use the charges against Trump to peel away independent voters. Ultimately, he predicted, that effort would come back to haunt them.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe long <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">game<\/a> is they\u2019re trying to influence independent voters,\u201d he said. \u201cThey\u2019re hoping that there\u2019s enough of a stain that it has an impact on independent voters, but when the FBI raided Mar a Lago, it backfired.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe ultimate problem here is that people will start losing faith in the justice system,\u201d Feehery added. \u201cThey\u2019re basically criminalizing politics, and that\u2019s how Trump supporters will see it.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Yet others are less certain about what Trump\u2019s indictment will mean for the 2024 presidential race. The first primaries are still nearly a year away, and there\u2019s likely a long legal road ahead for Trump, who also faces multiple other possible indictments in separate cases, including a federal investigation into his role in the Jan. 6 insurrection and a grand jury inquiry into his alleged intervention in the 2020 election in Georgia. Trump is expected to be arraigned next week in the New York hush money case.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe most honest answer I can give: I don\u2019t know. I don\u2019t know what it means for the country, the GOP, 2024, etc.,\u201d said Doug Heye, a Republican strategist. \u201cI don\u2019t know how voters react or how Trump will behave as this process plays out. And I suspect no one else does either.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Copyright 2023 Nexstar Media Inc. All rights reserved. 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