Voters are 'angry' over Trump's criminal charges because they don't seem 'legitimate': 'It just looks so fake,' GOP senator says Story by insider@insider.com (John L. Dorman) •
- Donald Trump faces a series of trials even if he does capture the 2024 GOP presidential nomination.
- For GOP lawmakers like Wyoming Sen. Cynthia Lummis, Trump's legal issues only anger the public.
- "It just looks so fake, so contrived that people are disgusted with it," Lummis told HuffPost.
If former President Donald Trump captures the Republican presidential nomination this year, his candidacy will be unavoidably enmeshed in the myriad legal issues he faces.
For Republicans seeking to turn the page from Trump, the former president's 91 criminal charges are a distraction from the 2024 campaign, which could be decided by the narrowest of margins in a handful of key swing states.
But for Republican lawmakers who are firmly behind Trump, the criminal charges have elicited scorn, with some senators arguing that voters are incensed about the ex-president's legal predicament because they believe he didn't commit any crimes.
In fact, among the GOP electorate, Trump's standing seems to be strengthening as he faces several upcoming trials; the former president won the Iowa caucus convincingly and will likely coast to victory in the New Hampshire Republican primary on January 23.
Sen. Cynthia Lummis of Wyoming recently told The Huffington Post that to many members of the public, Trump's legal isssues seem "fake."
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