good evening and welcome to politics nation. tonight, seizing the moment. the verdict is in. and donald trump and his republican allies are raging against it. along with the judge, prosecutor and even the jurors who delivered the 34 count felony conviction, that ended his criminal hush money trial. here in new york, last week and for the last three days, congressional republics have republicans have criticized the verdict or attempted to diminish trump s actions, parroting the former president s claim that the verdict was politically motivated and politically motivated takedown, in fact, by president biden, they claimed. in the background, if you can believe it, is an election unveiling in five months and while republicans are closing ranks around trump, president biden has an opportunity to reach out to undecided voters this week, as he lays out his plan on immigration and border security, and proposals of tangible cease-fire plan for israel s were in gaza. all of that ton
i am not a political strategist but it seems to me as someone who communicates for a living that they should not stop, for a moment i don t think needling is the right word but people need to be reminded again and again and again the donald trump is a felon, and also that there is a connection, multiple connections between the crimes he has committed and the threat he poses to democracy. both because this was a felony that was committed in order to influence the 2016 election, but more than that, donald trump tried to steal the 2020 election, he has talked about serving three terms, becoming a dictator on day one. and he has a jail sentence, or prison sentence waiting on the other side of a presidency, then he s not going to leave the white house. so i think, there was already a threat that this is not just an election but a referendum on our entire system of government, and this is further, raising stakes because for donald trump, if he gets into the white house, he s not