Donald Trump is wasting no time in getting back on the campaign trail now that the verdict is in and his historic criminal trial in New York City is over. The former president and presumptive Republican presidential nominee headlined a campaign fundraiser just a couple of hours after being convicted. On Saturday he’ll attend a UFC (Ultimate Fighting Championship) match …
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Charlamagne tha God praises Trump for having 'killed the language of politics'
Though “The Breakfast Club” host and political commentator Charlamagne tha God is not a Trump fan, he praised the former president for having “killed the language of politics.” The popular liberal host, who is a Democratic Party voter despite recently declining to endorse President Biden, spoke to CNN anchor Michael Smerconish on Saturday, stating that Trump’s ability to break elitist …
Read More »If Trump goes to prison after guilty verdict, Secret Service would have to go with him
Former President Trump was found guilty on felony charges Thursday, raising potential challenges for the Secret Service responsible for protecting him just as a top Democrat is seeking to yank that protection from him. Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., the ranking Democrat on the House Homeland Security Committee, introduced the Denying Infinite Security and Government Resources Allocated toward Convicted and Extremely …
Read More »Campaigning from prison? It's been done. Meet 20th century socialist firebrand Eugene Debs
Following his unprecedented felony conviction, former president and presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump has to wait to find out what his sentence will be. But even if it involves time behind bars, that doesn’t mean his campaign to return to the White House comes to an end. He wouldn’t even be the first candidate to run for that office while …
Read More »2024 Showdown: Trump and Biden quickly cash in on former president's guilty verdicts
Former President Trump headlined a campaign fundraiser just a couple of hours after being found guilty of all 34 felony counts in his New York City criminal trial. With the verdict in and the trial over, Trump on Thursday evening quickly got back to focusing on his 2024 election rematch with President Biden. “We’ll be fighting hard,” Trump told Fox …
Read More »Foreign officials largely restrained following Trump verdict, some say: 'Keep fighting'
World leaders have largely remained quiet following former President Donald Trump’s conviction on 34 criminal charges in New York City this week, but those who have spoken out have expressed shock at the verdict and support for Trump. “I’ve known President [Donald Trump] to be a man of honor,” Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, a close ally to Trump during …
Read More »Trump turns conviction into cash, spotlights record fundraising in wake of guilty verdict
Donald Trump is touting “record shattering” fundraising fueled by his convictions in the first trial of a former or current president in the nation’s history. The former president’s campaign announced on Friday morning that it had hauled in $34.8 million in fundraising from 6 p.m. ET to midnight on Thursday, immediately after Trump was found guilty of all 34 felony …
Read More »CNN host suggests Trump conviction not mentioned prominently enough on former president's Wikipedia page
CNN anchor John Berman suggested Friday that former President Trump’s conviction in his New York trial should be more prominent on his Wikipedia page. At the outset of an interview with Biden campaign national co-chair Mitch Landrieu, Berman described Trump’s Wikipedia page following his unprecedented conviction and wondered why the jury decision wasn’t mentioned at the top of the entry. …
Read More »'It's a majestic day:' MSNBC guest gushes over Trump guilty verdict, calls it 'a day for celebration'
An MSNBC guest could not contain his excitement Thursday reacting to former President Trump being found guilty on all counts in his New York criminal trial. “We’ve been holding our breath as a country for a long time waiting for the cavalry to arrive in the form of the rule of law, and it did arrive today and it’s a …
Read More »Trump guilty verdict reveals a Democrat Party that will do almost anything to win
Smiling prosecutors and giddy media got what they wanted this week as former President Donald Trump was convicted on 34 counts in a patently obvious show trial overseen by an overtly conflicted corrupt judge. But as predicted, the verdict is not just lighting a fire but spreading one – not just with the base.Among independents and moderates whose faith in …
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