Though a “couple million” Trump supporters dwell inside an hour of his trial on Monday, solely an estimated 50 confirmed up.
Lawrence O’Donnell shared:
The revolution won’t be televised. As a result of they didnât present up. Couple million Trump voters dwell inside an hour of courthouse. Possibly 50 confirmed up. pic.twitter.com/V0bEdjvbTV
— Lawrence O’Donnell (@Lawrence) April 15, 2024
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This tepid present of assist isn’t new for Trump throughout his authorized battles, it began final 12 months.
A few of this may be attributed to the truth that as of January of 2024, roughly “749 federal defendants have had their cases adjudicated and received sentences for their criminal activity on Jan. 6. Approximately 467 have been sentenced to periods of incarceration,” in keeping with the District of Columbia.
So it may very well be that Trump’s supporters concern authorized ramifications for any potential mob sort exercise they may get ensnared in, which might be an ironic results of Trump enablers conflating peaceable protests with what Trump and his supporters truly did on January sixth, which was described by Dir. Wray as a terrorist assault.
The opposite a part of that is it may very well be extra of what we witness on the bottom in Trump nation, which is a big drop in seen assist even from his most ardent supporters.
This may very well be as a consequence of Trump fatigue, which isn’t the identical factor as individuals who aren’t going to vote for his or her candidate once more. However no political candidate would hope to enter an election sans enthusiasm from their largest supporters.
Somebody replied that whereas Trump supporters didn’t present up in big numbers, Trump critics actually made an look:
We had been there although! pic.twitter.com/Fkou4sdaGd
— Paul Rabin (@LuapNibar) April 15, 2024
Donald Trump is being upheld as a viable political candidate by the get together he’s taken over and by a craven media in search of the Trump bucks courtesy of his 2016 marketing campaign and his 4 chaotic years. Neither the Republican Get together nor the media appear to appreciate that even Trump supporters are drained.
Everyone seems to be uninterested in Donald Trump. Together with himself, it appears, as he has reportedly been caught sleeping at his own trial.
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