{"id":2130,"date":"2023-03-21T10:14:14","date_gmt":"2023-03-21T15:14:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/?p=2130"},"modified":"2023-03-21T10:14:15","modified_gmt":"2023-03-21T15:14:15","slug":"trumps-base-will-get-even-stronger-if-he-is-arrested-new-yorkers-sound-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/?p=2130","title":{"rendered":"Trump\u2019s base will \u2018get even stronger\u2019 if he is arrested: New Yorkers sound off"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%20370%20247'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-85-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"zeen-lazy-load-base zeen-lazy-load wp-image-2131\"\/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-85-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2131\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-85-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-85-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-85-770x433.png 770w, https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-85-293x165.png 293w, https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-85-390x219.png 390w, https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-85.png 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>People in New York City shared their opinions on the possible Trump indictment, with some saying it&#8217;s long overdue while others think the country needs to move on.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">People in New York shared mixed reactions to former President Trump saying that he\u2019ll be indicted and arrested by the Manhattan district attorney\u2019s office Tuesday.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt\u2019s about time that somebody arrested him,\u201d a&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/new-york-city\">New York<\/a>&nbsp;native, Steve, told Fox News.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But another local, Brian, said: \u201cI don\u2019t get why we\u2019re still trying to find this guy guilty of stuff.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt\u2019s been seven years. Nothing\u2019s gonna come of it,\u201d he added. \u201cLet\u2019s move on.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Saturday, Trump posted on Truth Social that he would be arrested Tuesday for charges related to his alleged 2016 hush money scandal with&nbsp;adult film star&nbsp;Stormy Daniels. Earlier last week, a court source told Fox News that&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/gop-lawmakers-slam-potential-trump-indictment-third-world-banana-republic-lunacy\">District Attorney Alvin Bragg<\/a>&nbsp;requested a meeting with law enforcement to \u201cdiscuss logistics for some time next week, which would mean that they are anticipating an indictment next week.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI don\u2019t think it\u2019s right,\u201d one man, Rick, told Fox News on Monday. \u201cI don\u2019t think they should be going after a president and arresting him.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But a Trump supporter, Gayle, disagreed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI think it\u2019s great,\u201d Gayle said. \u201cIt will give him more notoriety and his base will get even stronger.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Some have speculated that&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/house-judiciary-demands-manhattan-da-alvin-bragg-testify\">Bragg\u2019s office<\/a>&nbsp;may claim the donation violated campaign finance laws if the nondisclosure agreement benefited Trump\u2019s campaign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI think it would be really great if the DA started looking at real crime in Manhattan like all pot stores that have opened up rather than something that may have happened seven years ago,\u201d Brian said.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump wrote Saturday on Truth Social: \u201cNow illegal leaks from a corrupt &amp; highly political Manhattan district attorney\u2019s office, which has allowed new records to be set in violent crime &amp; whose leader is funded by George Soros, indicate that \u2026 the far &amp; away leading republican candidate &amp; former President of the United States of America, will be arrested on Tuesday of next week. Protest, take our nation back!\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Doug told Fox News \u201cit was a PR stunt done by the former president\u201d and that \u201cwe\u2019ll have to stand by and see what really happens.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A lifelong New Yorker, Mahmoud, was confident that whatever happens on Tuesday, Trump will walk away unscathed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThey won\u2019t hold anything on him,\u201d he said. \u201cThey already raided him. He gets out of it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cHe was a good president honestly, way better than sleepy Joe,\u201d he added. \u201cI didn\u2019t like him at first, but he gave us the truth as it was, so we were better off, I guess.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/conservativemodern.com\/trumps-base-will-get-even-stronger-if-he-is-arrested-new-yorkers-sound-off\/\">https:\/\/conservativemodern.com\/trumps-base-will-get-even-stronger-if-he-is-arrested-new-yorkers-sound-off\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>People in New York shared mixed reactions to former President Trump saying that he\u2019ll be indicted and arrested by the Manhattan district attorney\u2019s office Tuesday.&nbsp; \u201cIt\u2019s about time that somebody arrested him,\u201d a&nbsp;New York&nbsp;native, Steve, told Fox News.&nbsp; But another local, Brian, said: \u201cI don\u2019t get why we\u2019re still trying to find this guy guilty of stuff.\u201d \u201cIt\u2019s been seven years. Nothing\u2019s gonna come of it,\u201d he added. \u201cLet\u2019s move on.\u201d On Saturday, Trump posted on Truth Social that he [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2130","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-trump"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2130","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2130"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2130\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2132,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2130\/revisions\/2132"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2130"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2130"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2130"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}