Republicans in swing districts could find it harder to keep a low profile on the former president's felony convictions.
Republicans in swing districts could find it harder to keep a low profile on the former president’s felony convictions.
Two California Republicans in tough races — Riverside County Rep. Ken Calvert and Scott Baugh, who is running for an open Orange County seat — made statements in the immediate aftermath of the verdicts decrying the prosecutions as having partisan motivations. If they come out in support of Trump, they run the risk of alienating some of the swing voters that could decide their races. If they say nothing, they could be subjected to a public flogging from Trump world, similar to the one doled out to former Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan after he
Meanwhile, some of of the nation’s wealthiest citizens are pulling out their checkbooks for Trump, galvanized by the verdict.
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