A group described as “never Trump” voters is suddenly supporting the former president. Last week’s historic sentencing,
Independent Press spoke The views of many voters across the country were heavily influenced by the guilty verdict in the New York trial against former President Trump.
Sean Maguire, a Los Angeles-based venture capitalist and former donor to the Hillary Clinton campaign, announced on social media that he had donated $300,000 to the Trump campaign within an hour of the verdict, and wrote in an essay that “the double standards and legal disputes Trump has faced make my blood boil.”
“We were told that Donald Trump would bring an end to democracy, but it seems that the law-and-war strategy has been adopted by the Democrats, not by the Republicans. And so with that backdrop, I believe that the Republican Party is less of a threat to democracy right now than the Democratic Party,” he told The Free Press.
Many voters told the Free Press that former President Trump’s recent conviction is pushing them to support Trump instead of President Biden in the upcoming election. (Left: Photographer: Victor J. Blue/Bloomberg via Getty Images, Right: (Photo: Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images))
Adam Mortara, a lecturer at the University of Chicago Law School, also donated $3,300 to the Trump campaign after not voting in 2020 and opposing him during the 2016 GOP primaries, hoping a Trump win would have a “deterrent effect” on weaponizing the legal system against political enemies.
“I am taken aback that if he doesn’t win, and win by a fairly large margin, it will legitimize this kind of weaponization of the judicial system in the future,” Mortara told The Free Press. “Previously, I used to say it’s not a threat to America if Joe Biden wins the election. Now, I think it is.”
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Kate Nitti, a New Jersey marketing consultant described as a “lifelong Democrat” who began turning against her party while living in New York City following COVID lockdowns, first voted Republican in the 2021 mayoral race, then endorsed GOP candidate Lee Zeldin in the 2022 gubernatorial race.
She previously supported Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s candidacy, but may switch to Trump after his recent conviction.
“I’m not a Trump fan. However, I have a lot of trouble with bending the law or using prosecutorial power in the name of ‘saving democracy,’ which has been the Democrats’ message for the last four years,” Nitti said. “I still consider myself a liberal. I don’t think Biden represents the Democrats in the sense that he used to.”
Former President Donald Trump was charged last year with 34 counts of falsifying business records in what prosecutors say was an effort to conceal a potential sex scandal before and after the 2016 presidential election. (Jabin Botsford/Pool via Reuters)
Jack McGuire, a Texas-based travel consultant who voted for Clinton in the 2016 election and supported neither Trump nor Biden in 2020, says the lawsuit “inspired” him.
“What happened was every level of corruption and fraud and a willingness to use every means possible to stay in power,” McGuire told The Free Press. “That’s what prompted me to say enough is enough. I stand with the MAGA people because this has to end.”
California-based guitar instructor and recording engineer Emery Barter was another “lifelong Democrat” who campaigned for Clinton in 2016 and voted for Biden in 2020, but the “overly progressive policies” implemented in his hometown of Oakland have made him reconsider and question his support for Democrats. Media coverage of the political landscape.
“I used to trust the media, but now I feel the media has moved away from telling the truth. I feel everything is completely fabricated,” Barter said.
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Barter added that Trump doesn’t “scare” him and, “That story is old.”
“The idea that this threat to democracy is so great that we have to sacrifice democracy to stop this threat through legal battles — that’s an all-encompassing idea that cannot be rewarded,” Barter said, adding, “If you don’t pay attention and you only check the bluest box, you end up voting for people who are not really interested in doing their core job.”
Daniel Kotzin, a stay-at-home dad and husband Jennifer Seay, former Levi Strauss executivevoted for Obama twice and Clinton in 2016. He previously considered voting for Trump in 2020 as a critic of Covid lockdowns, but ultimately supported the Libertarian Party candidate because of the then-president’s vaccine campaign. But he now thinks Trump is the “best choice.”
Donald Trump arrives at Trump Tower on Thursday, May 30, 2024, after being found guilty of 34 counts of falsifying business records in the first degree. (Felipe Ramales for Fox News Digital)
Kotzin told The Free Press, “The Trump harassment made the decision for me because it made me think maybe he’s different. He’s going to kick some shit in gear. They hate him so much. It’s really because they’re pursuing him so aggressively and relentlessly that I want to support him. And I can’t be alone. It’s too much.”
“I don’t want Democrats right now. I don’t want to be governed by experts. I don’t want better experts. I don’t want any experts. Trump is just going to try to break things and not listen to anybody. And I don’t think that’s necessarily a long-term solution. That’s what we need right now,” he said.
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Eric Brakey, a Maine state senator and self-described “Ron Paul Republican,” had supported the Libertarian candidate in the past two election cycles, but after “messing around” with RFK Jr., he decided to support Trump, espousing the “principle” that “the people have the right to choose our president” and donated to his campaign After conviction.
“Democrats don’t defend democracy,” Brakey said. “They’re afraid that people won’t vote for them when they’re given a democratic choice. Democracy is when the people make the decisions.”
