Pundits are asking how Trump’s indictment will impact the 2024 election, pointing to the reputed millions he has received from supporters in the wake of the Stormy Daniels charges. But maybe they are asking about the wrong contest — perhaps they’re too focused on the presidential election?
Could it be that the prosecution isn’t really about Trump at all (and certainly not about Daniels) but more likely about Alvin Bragg’s attempt to knock Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-Bronx/Queens) off her perch as the likely candidate to challenge New York Democrat Kirsten Gillibrand for her Senate seat next year?
With six of 10 of those asked by CNN saying they approved of the Trump prosecution, win or lose — Bragg is already winning. Those approving included almost all Democrats, 21% of Republicans, and 60% of independents, all of whom might be convinced to transfer their support of the prosecution to the actual prosecutor.
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Dorothy Moses Schulz is an adjunct fellow at the Manhattan Institute’s Policing and Public Safety Initiative, emerita professor at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, CUNY, and a retired MTA-Metro North Railroad Police captain who has served as a safety and security consultant to transit agencies across the country.
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