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Trump Verdict: How the Narratives Could Play Out

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Former president Donald Trump looks on following the announcement of the verdict of his criminal trial outside Trump Tower, in New York City, May 30, 2024.

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As I noted before we had a verdict, we’re in completely uncharted territory trying to figure out how voters will react to Donald Trump’s conviction on trumped-up charges. Noah does the best he can to produce some educated guesswork based on the information we have, such as the fact that Trump’s current support is disproportionately among less-likely voters. Let me offer here some pure speculative punditry, unencumbered by the pretense that any of this can be predicted in a way that is anchored in evidence — in other words, not predictions of what will happen, but reasons why things might play out in different ways.

Hurting Trump

Dan McLaughlin

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Dan McLaughlin

Dan McLaughlin is a senior writer at National Review Online and a fellow at National Review Institute.

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