Democrats and left-leaning media are heavily promoting former President Donald Trump as a convicted felon after a Manhattan jury found him guilty of all 34 charges in his business records trial.
It didn’t take long for anti-Trump advocates to seize on the guilty verdict and paint Trump as a convicted felon, coinciding with reports that the Biden-Harris headquarters was celebrating the verdict.
of The New York Times Editorial Committee release The editorial, titled “Donald Trump, a Felon,” begins:
On Thursday, in a modest courtroom in lower Manhattan, the former president and current Republican leader was found guilty of 34 felony counts of falsifying business records. The jury’s verdict and the facts presented at his trial provided perhaps the most vivid reminder yet of the many reasons why Donald Trump is unfit to be president.
BREAKING: Donald Trump has been found guilty on all 34 charges in a Manhattan trial, making him the first former president to be a convicted felon. https://t.co/bJoXszoZI9
— The New York Times (@nytimes) May 30, 2024
The Associated Press stated in a Platform X post:
Donald Trump was convicted by a New York jury on Thursday of paying hush money to Trump who claims he had sex with a porn star and falsifying business records in a scheme to illegally influence the 2016 presidential election, becoming the first former president to be convicted of a felony.
Donald Trump was convicted by a New York jury on Thursday of paying hush money to Trump who claims he had sex with a porn star and falsifying business records in a scheme to illegally influence the 2016 presidential election, becoming the first former president to be convicted of a felony. pic.twitter.com/cjqKodm7Ao
— Associated Press (@AP) May 30, 2024
“BREAKING: Donald Trump has been convicted.” Rolling Stone – same Rolling Stone A newspaper that once featured the Boston bomber on its cover wrote:
BREAKING: Donald Trump is a convicted felon
Story: https://t.co/AiWccPyrwE pic.twitter.com/FS1sekhjBy
— Rolling Stone (@RollingStone) May 30, 2024
“The former president of the United States is a convicted felon,” CNN’s Jake Tapper said on air.
Tapper: Donald Trump has been convicted on all 34 charges. It’s an incredible moment in American history. The former president of the United States is now a convicted felon. pic.twitter.com/UfVQehlysv
— Acyn (@Acyn) May 30, 2024
“First, the courts found Donald Trump to be a sexual abuser. Next, he was found to be a fraudulent business owner. And now Donald J. Trump is a convicted felon,” said Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.). “All of this is an affirmation of the rule of law. And it makes Trump unfit for public office.”
First, the court found that Donald Trump is a sexual abuser.
He was later found to be a fraudulent business owner.
Currently, Donald J. Trump is a convicted felon.
All of this affirms the rule of law.
And Trump is unfit to be president.
— Adam Schiff (@AdamSchiff) May 30, 2024
“Donald Trump is a racist, a homophobe, a con man and a threat to this country. He can now add another title to that list: felon,” Illinois Governor JB Pritzker (Democrat) claimed, with other governors following suit.
Donald Trump is a racist, a homophobe, a con man and a menace to this country – and now he has another title to add to that list: felon.
— JB Pritzker (@JBPritzker) May 30, 2024
BREAKING: The verdict is in. Guilty on all charges. Trump is officially a convicted felon.
You’re either going to vote for a convicted criminal for president right now, or you’re not. Stop pretending that anyone who doesn’t vote for a criminal is crazy.
If I asked someone… pic.twitter.com/TMBTmdzFOM
— Brian Krassenstein (@krassenstein) May 30, 2024
Donald Trump is a convicted felon. This verdict is not a victory for any one person. It is a victory for an idea: that we all play by the same rules. The rule of law prevailed today.
— Rep. Eric Swalwell (@RepSwalwell) May 30, 2024
Convicted felon Donald Trump: “This is a disgrace. This is a rigged trial… We did nothing wrong. I am a completely innocent man.” pic.twitter.com/UMz9Cg5pDE
— Anti-Trump Republican (@AccountableGOP) May 30, 2024
Today’s guilty verdict is entirely correct and no one is above the law.
We expect further convictions to result as the federal trial moves forward.
Trump is now a felon
— Adam Kinzinger (Slava Ukraine) 🇺🇸🇺🇱 (@AdamKinzinger) May 30, 2024
Following the verdict, President Trump warned that “the real verdict will be handed down by the American people on November 5th.”
“This is a disgrace, an attempt by the Biden Administration to hurt a political opponent,” Trump said, explaining, “A fraudulent decision was made from day one, made by a conflicted-interest judge who should never have been allowed to try this case.”
“We will keep fighting, we will fight to the end, and we will win, because our country has gone to hell,” he continued.
“Our country is in decline. Serious decline,” Trump added. “Right now we have millions of people coming into our country from prisons and mental hospitals, terrorists trying to take over our country. We have a big problem.”
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