The convicted felon argument

I read something today that suggested Republicans are more likely than Democrats to vote for a "convicted felon". Was this question gauged specifically for Trump voters? Of course!

Let's be clear. Donald Trump was convicted of a crime for something that literally happened prior to him being elected to the Presidency in 2016.

In other words, Donald Trump was not a convicted felon when he ran for President. He was not a convicted felon when he was President. He was not a convicted felon when he ran and lost his reelection bid. He was not a convicted felon when he accumulated enough delegates to secure the GOP nomination for the 2024 Candidacy.

The actions he was recently convicted for was largely known throughout his first Presidency, throughout is reelection bid, and throughout his 2024 bid. Nothing has changed in terms of his actions with Stormy Daniels, the NDA, or anything else. What happened is that a kangaroo court found him guilty over seven years later of a crime so poorly defined that if you asked ten people what he did wrong, you would likely get ten different answers, and most of those answers would not point to an actual crime.

To be clear, the falsification of business records was an excuse to put forward the argument to a 12 partisan Democrat jury that Trump broke New York election law by hiding the fact he had an affair. This is what was argued by the prosecution in the opening statement and the focus of their prosecution, and ultimately what the jury found him guilty of. The concept that this related to 34 felony counts of falsified business records is so ridiculous, that barely half of Americans are willing to believe the jury even did the correct thing. Given our nature to believe in our courts and our jury system, the fact that 150 million Americans or more think the New York Court system got this incorrect is telling. Once again, the infatuation from the left to "get Trump" has left a permanent scar on our entire legal system.

So why should anyone "change their minds" about the actions of buying off Stormy Daniels. Everyone knew he did it. We've known since halfway through his Presidency. Whatever we thought about it, should what twelve partisan democrats in Manhattan change our own believes about the right or wrong of it? Does the conviction suddenly tell us something we didn't know? Does it prove that Donald Trump was the first American politician in history to hide something bad about himself? Does it prove that he is suddenly someone completely different from the man who was elected President in 2016?

Of course not. But isn't that the stupid argument being made?