Donald Trump has complained that he cannot campaign because of the criminal trial, but when the court was out of session the ex-president was playing golf.
Trump spent Wednesday golfing at his club in Bedminster, sources told CNN. The only weekday court will not be present for his criminal trial in New York on Wednesday. Trump has complained that the lawsuit has kept him off the campaign trail: “I’m not in GA, FL or NC campaigning like I should be,” he said Monday.
The lawsuit has never stopped Trump from campaigning. The Republican Party has nominated a man who is lazy and wants to campaign. Before the trial, Trump hosted only one event a week, usually on Saturday evenings. Trump could campaign across the country when the court is not in session.
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Instead, he chooses to hang out at his club and post angry messages on Truth Social.
Polls have shown a shift toward President Biden over the past month, but Trump appears to have no urgency for him.
Trump doesn’t campaign because he doesn’t want to. This is not the Donald Trump of 2016 who seemed to be everywhere, making an effort to get his voters out.
There’s no way Donald Trump is trying in 2024, and his claim that the trial will keep him off the campaign trail is a lie belied by his own choices when the court is not in session.
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