cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/16122170

New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd said this weekend that her sister is backing former President Trump’s reelection bid following the guilty verdict in the New York hush money criminal trial.

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    “I wasn’t going to vote for Trump,” Maureen Dowd’s sister, Peggy, told her, according to Dowd’s column. “But now I am because I thought this whole thing was a sham.”

    Bull fucking shit… the whole conversation is exactly what you’ll get when someone wants to do something they know is dubious. Talk to a gambling addict on their way to a casino and you’ll hear echos of these sort of thin justifications.

    Also, the trial wasn’t orchestrated by Biden or anything… in no way does this trial make Trump a more valid candidate.

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      Bull fucking shit… the whole conversation is exactly what you’ll get when someone wants to do something they know is dubious. Talk to a gambling addict on their way to a casino and you’ll hear echos of these sort of thin justifications.

      Not so sure on that, from what I have seen the verdict helped even more than the initial trial news.

      Did you see the funding that was possible due to the verdict?

      I would be criticial of legacy media, but let me know if you find another source, other than fox news!

      https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-turns-conviction-cash-spotlights-record-fundraising-guilty-verdict

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        Oh sure - my point is that this person was always going to eventually be a Trump voter this is just their excuse. In terms of fundraising I think it’s extremely predictable. Their idol was being dragged through the dirt - it’s the perfect time to help them overcome.

        The election of Trump is basically a fucking religion at this point.

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          The election of Trump is basically a fucking religion at this point.

          Sadly, it seems the duopoly acts as a religion, not just Republicans or Republican-lites.

          We must continue to fight the class war and not let the owner class keep dividing us!