Half the country was watching Fox or Newsmax or OAN, so they got their own fix of reactions to the verdict. I watched MSNBC for the most part. I would have probably made an attempt to watch Fox, since people in the know keep telling us we have to find ways to listen to each other. But watching and listening to pundits and anchors at Fox recount what most likely would have sounded like a totally different event and circumstances is no longer a priority for me. Hasn’t been for a long time. There would be no value in such an effort, just time wasted and blood pressure raised.
For half the country, the process is a sham and in need of a Trumpian overhaul. For the other half, it was a bit of vindication, a sign that the center is still holding.
Unless something unforeseen happens, Trump will be the nominee in July, but he will also be a convicted felon—with a slap on the wrist for a sentence—but a convicted felon nonetheless. One might reasonably assume that this new status would make a difference in peoples’ thinking when it comes time to vote in November.
The diehard 30% or so are a lock for the useless sack of shit, but maybe the rest of us will be thinking longer and harder about the wisdom of voting for a candidate who not only has a criminal record now but has been a known quantity forever– a dumb, weak schoolyard bully who doesn’t care about anything or anyone but just wants to shake you down for your lunch money.
Because that’s the kind of guy he is. That’s who’d be taking up space in the Oval Office again.
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