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By Thomas B. Edsall
Edsall writes a weekly column from Washington, D. C. , on politics, demographics, and inequality.
One of the most difficult situations of President Biden’s crusade is how to convince the electorate to abandon Donald Trump.
“In 2012, Obama’s crusade turned a great guy, Mitt Romney, into a piece of,” Steve Murphy, co-founder of the Democratic media firm MVAR Media, told me. “You can’t do that to Trump because everybody already knows that. “He’s a piece of. “
The electorate not only knows that Trump is a liar and corrupt, narcissistic and venal; His followers have uncovered tactics to evade their responsibilities.
In April, before the former president was convicted on 34 counts through a New York jury, and this month, after he was convicted, YouGov asked voters, “Do you think a user who has been convicted of a crime deserves to be allowed president?”
In April, before the verdict, Republicans were strongly opposed to a corrupt president, with 17% in favor and 58% against (and the remaining 25% unsure).
After the conviction, Republicans took a U-turn, with 58 in favor of nominating a felon for president and 23 against (and 19 unsure).
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