Reality has finally arrived for Trump and the Republican Party, as a majority of voters believe the ex-president committed serious crimes.
Politico reported:
A majority of voters believe former President Donald Trump committed “serious federal crimes,” according to the latest New York Times/Siena College poll.
Fifty-three percent of likely voters said they believed this, while 39 percent of those polled said they did not believe Trump committed serious crimes. Nine percent indicate that they do not know the question or have not answered it.
The figures broken down by party affiliation show that 90 percent of Democrats believe he committed serious crimes, while 17 percent of Republicans fall into this category. Forty-nine percent of independents shared this sentiment.
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Trump can rant outside the courthouse and on his social media platform any day about how the trial is a political conspiracy to get him, but a majority of voters don’t believe this.
The big number to watch is how independents feel about the criminal cases against Donald Trump. Independents already stand at 49% and believe Trump has committed serious federal crimes. That number could skyrocket if Trump is convicted in Manhattan.
If the ex-president loses a majority of Independents, along with 17% of Republicans, he cannot win the election.
The idea that the criminal charges helped Trump was always a political spin.
The reality is that most Americans already think Trump has committed serious federal crimes. A conviction in Manhattan will make Trump unelectable.
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