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Would Donald Trump be the easiest Republican presidential candidate for Democrats to defeat in the 2024 election? Many Democrats seem to think so. But they're wrong, writes political consultant Douglas MacKinnon. And it could cost them the election. |
MacKinnon believes that the more indictments Trump is hit with, the more his supporters will rally around him, sweeping him to the nomination. Then, according to MacKinnon's theory of Democrats' thinking, Trump will lose the general election because he has a unique ability to motivate Democrats to vote against him; whereas many would be disinclined to vote at all if the GOP nominates another candidate. So far, things seem to be going as planned, with Trump's lead over the Republican field expanding with each additional indictment. It's the second half of the theory that MacKinnon believes could be a problem. He writes that perhaps "the strategy has gone way too far and is now making Trump sympathetic to voters who were once over him, and a potential martyr to others." "To a growing number of voters — and legal experts — the latest indictment of Trump and 18 other defendants in Fulton County, Georgia crossed a line where it now seems as if charges are being invented simply to get the former president." "Voters not attached to the extremes of either political party may now be saying, 'Wait a minute. They are now charging Trump with what? These Democrats now want to criminalize speech and past public statements? I may not like that Trump character, but this is starting to seem un-American.'" In the end, Democrats may wish they'd never tried to boost Trump in the primaries. Read the op-ed at TheHill.com. |
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By Jonathan Turley, Shapiro Professor of Public Interest Law at George Washington University |
Constitutional urban legends often have an immediate appeal and tend to arise out of the desperation of divided times. One of the most popular today is that former President Donald Trump can be barred from office, even if he is not convicted in any of the four indictments he faces, under a long-dormant clause of the 14th Amendment. |
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By Douglas Schoen, Democratic consultant |
It is more likely than not that Trump will digress back into his cycle of lies and conspiracy theories. In this scenario, Trump will likely lose the election and Biden will be a two-term president. However, as evidenced by public opinion polling, President Biden's weaknesses ensure that no matter how low he stoops, Donald Trump will have a viable path back to the presidency in 2024. |
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By Juan Williams, Fox News political analyst |
Perhaps the "candidate problem" in this race is that the candidate is not named "Donald Trump." DeSantis lacks Trump's entertainment value, his frat-boy delight in chaos and mischief that has created a cult of Trump supporters on the far right. |
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By Donald Sherman, executive vice president and chief counsel at Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics |
Every president, regardless of party, takes an oath to preserve and defend the Constitution of the United States. Enforcing the Disqualification Clause against an official who violated that oath is an act of patriotism, not partisanship. |
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