the republican party s presidential front runner was convicted by a jury of his peers on 34 felony counts. that is the reality. the republican party must now grapple with that. if they were into reality. that is an issue. but what makes this all even more difficult for the gop is that trump s conviction has zero to do with president biden. trump was convicted in the case brought by a new york city prosecutor who does not report president biden. trump is facing another 10 criminal charges from another local prosecutor in georgia who does not report to president biden. even the two federal cases were brought by an independent special counsel who neither takes orders from coordinates with president biden. so donald trump has reacted the way he traditionally does when reality does not fit his preferred narrative. he lies about it. he claims that president biden is the one who is really pulling the strings. these are all biden cases. this is using the justice department to go af
for the first time since trump was found guilty, president biden confronted his legal status head on. for the first time in american history a former president is convicted k a convicted felon. he i mean this sincerely, a little unhinged. he has only said the felon word in private. the majority of americans believe that the jury in trump s case made the right call. 54% of independent voters say his prosecution upheld the rule of law and 10% of republican registered voters say they are less likely to vote for him following his conviction. back to claire mccaskill. i m joined by jonathan martin. thank you for being here. let me ask you, what you see or