Gilead
Donald Trump
Coup attempt
Fig. 1. “Jake Angeli (Qanon Shaman), seen holding a Qanon sign at the intersection of Bell Rd and 75th Ave in Peoria, Arizona, on 2020 October 15.” Photography by TheUnseen011101 [pseud.], October 15, 2020, via Wikimedia Commons, public domain.
Tina Nguyen is as smart in her coverage of conservatives as they come. And I might yet be proven wrong. But I’m having a very hard time seeing Donald Trump getting any kind of boost from indictments, arrests, or “perp walks,” which is precisely what the Republicans she interviews expect.[1]
Nguyen observes that Trump’s support in the polls seems to be rising a bit.[2] This would be consistent with my observation of a few more Trump flags, banners, and other paraphernalia. Her argument would be that Republican voters will share Republican politicians’ outrage over any indictments.[3]
Sorry, I’m just not seeing it.
Charlie Savage, “Dissecting Charges That Could Arise From the Trump Investigations,” New York Times, March 19, 2023, https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/19/us/politics/trump-investigations.html
Bess Levin, “Donald Trump’s Lawyers Seem Pretty Panicked He’s Going to be Indicted in Georgia Too,” Vanity Fair, March 20, 2023, https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2023/03/donald-trump-potential-fulton-county-georgia-charges
Jeremy Barr, “Judge sounds skeptical of some Fox arguments in Dominion lawsuit,” Washington Post, March 21, 2023, https://www.washingtonpost.com/media/2023/03/21/judge-sounds-skeptical-some-fox-arguments-dominion-lawsuit/
Josh Gerstein and Kyle Cheney, “Trump denounces ‘crime-fraud’ ruling forcing attorney to testify in documents probe,” Politico, March 21, 2023, https://www.politico.com/news/2023/03/21/trump-crime-fraud-attorney-documents-probe-00088215
Josh Dawsey et al., “Trump lawyer must turn over evidence on classified documents, court rules,” Washington Post, March 22, 2023, https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2023/03/22/trump-appeal-lawyer-classified-documents/
Tina Nguyen, “Is the Republican Primary Already Over?” Puck, March 22, 2023, https://puck.news/is-the-republican-primary-already-over/
Illiberalism
Fig. 1. Photograph by Joachim F. Thurn, August 1991, Bundesarchiv, B 145 Bild-F089030-0003, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0 DE.
Times of Israel, “‘Red line we won’t accept’: Levin warns Court not to block judicial appointments bill,” March 21, 2023, https://www.timesofisrael.com/levin-warns-high-court-against-striking-down-judicial-appointments-bill/
Tracy Wilkinson, “Longtime Israel backers in U.S. turn outraged critics — but Biden administration remains distant,” Los Angeles Times, March 21, 2023, https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2023-03-21/long-time-israel-supporters-outraged-critics-biden-administration-distance
- [1]Tina Nguyen, “Is the Republican Primary Already Over?” Puck, March 22, 2023, https://puck.news/is-the-republican-primary-already-over/↩
- [2]Tina Nguyen, “Is the Republican Primary Already Over?” Puck, March 22, 2023, https://puck.news/is-the-republican-primary-already-over/↩
- [3]Tina Nguyen, “Is the Republican Primary Already Over?” Puck, March 22, 2023, https://puck.news/is-the-republican-primary-already-over/↩