What Republicans make of Donald Trump’s conviction

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The party is never as unified as when its members are defending the former president

, the governor of Florida, about an impending indictment of Donald Trump in New York. “I don’t know what goes into paying hush money to a porn star to secure silence over some type of alleged affair,” the then presidential candidate said. Mr DeSantis was trying to subtly argue that he could deliver similar policies without the drama that Mr Trump brought.

The indictments—in New York, but also in Georgia, Florida and the District of Columbia—helped Mr Trump easily win what had once been, according to public-opinion polling, a competitive race for the Republican presidential nomination. In February 2023, before, Manhattan’s district attorney, indicted Mr Trump, the former president’s lead over his nearest rival was ten points. By the end of April it was around 30.

 

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