New York Attorney General Letitia James might be proud of herself for going after Trump and his properties, but pollster Frank Luntz appeared on CNN to warn that her legal attacks on the former president, particularly her willingness to seize his assets if he doesn’t pay the fine or post bond, could lead to a large swell in support for Trump and send him back to the White House.
As background, Judge Engoron’s 30-day stay on the ruling means Trump has until March 25 to either post bond or pay the fine levied on him by the court, plus its interest since the court date, which is now over $460 million. If former President Trump does not pay either, then AG James has said that she will petition the court to let her seize his New York properties.
Luntz, commenting on that to CNN’s John Berman on Thursday, March 21, said, “If they take his stuff, he’s going to say that this is proof that the federal government and the establishment and the swamp in Washington and all the politicians across the country and the attorneys generals and all of this, that this is a conspiracy to deny him the presidency. He’s going to go up in the polls just like he went up every single time they indicted him.”
almost speechless in how pathetic the opposition to Trump has been and how completely misguided and this is a perfect example of it…How is Donald Trump beating Joe Biden? He’s got 85 indictments that still exist, felonies. How is he beating Joe Biden with the economy getting better and things cleaning up? Okay. We got – you still have inflation. You still got immigration. Trump is leading. And in the seven swing states, Trump is up by the margin of error in five out of seven. Why is that happening?”
Explaining why Trump is winning, Luntz said, “Because his critics are stupid and they’re running a horrible campaign. And for those people who do not want Joe – Donald Trump back, they should be thankful that the people who are orchestrating his loss are as pathetic and they don’t understand the American people.”
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