{"id":1602784,"date":"2022-08-12T08:47:18","date_gmt":"2022-08-12T12:47:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1602784"},"modified":"2022-08-12T08:47:25","modified_gmt":"2022-08-12T12:47:25","slug":"ny-times-columnist-fears-fbi-raid-will-re-elect-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ny-times-columnist-fears-fbi-raid-will-re-elect-trump\/","title":{"rendered":"NY Times Columnist Fears FBI Raid &#8220;Will Re-Elect Trump&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fny-times-columnist-fears-fbi-raid-will-re-elect-trump%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1602784&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div id=\"speechkit-wrapper\" class=\"speechkit-wrapper\">\n<p><span class=\"label-bg\">NEW<\/span>You can now listen to Fox News articles!\n  <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"speakable\">The New York Times columnist David Brooks worried Thursday the FBI&#8217;s raid of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/person\/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">former President Donald Trump<\/a>&#8216;s Mar-a-Lago home will help his chances of electoral victory in 2024. Brooks further argued Trump&#8217;s main message is that societal elites are ruining America, and that there is a lot of truth in that.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">&#8220;Why is Donald Trump so powerful?&#8221; Brooks asked. &#8220;How did he come to dominate one of the two major parties and get himself elected president?&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He answered that it&#8217;s Trump&#8217;s &#8220;narratives&#8221; and &#8220;powerful stories that ring true to tens of millions of Americans,&#8221; the main one being &#8220;that America is being ruined by corrupt coastal elites.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/official-polls\/fox-news-poll-75-dissatisfied-nations-direction\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>FOX NEWS POLL: 75% DISSATISFIED WITH NATION&#8217;S DIRECTION<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 767px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/640\/320\/AP18327034234393.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"President Donald Trump, center, and first lady Melania Trump, right, sit with their family as they have Thanksgiving Day dinner at their Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Fla., Thursday, Nov. 22, 2018. Ivanka Trump, left, and Barron Trump, second from left, attend. (AP Photo\/Susan Walsh)\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>\n      President Donald Trump, center, and first lady Melania Trump, right, sit with their family as they have Thanksgiving Day dinner at their Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Fla., Thursday, Nov. 22, 2018. Ivanka Trump, left, and Barron Trump, second from left, attend. (AP Photo\/Susan Walsh)<br \/>\n      <span class=\"copyright\">(AP)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;According to this narrative, there is an interlocking network of highly educated Americans who make up what the Trumpians have come to call the Regime: Washington power players, liberal media, big foundations, elite universities, woke corporations. These people are corrupt, condescending and immoral and are looking out only for themselves,&#8221; he wrote.<\/p>\n<p>He continued, &#8220;They are out to get Trump because Trump is the person who stands up to them. They are not only out to get Trump; they are out to get you.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Brooks admitted that &#8220;this narrative has a core of truth to it&#8221; and &#8220;highly educated metropolitan elites have become something of a self-enclosed Brahmin class.&#8221; He argued, however, that &#8220;the Trumpian propaganda turns what is an unfortunate social chasm into venomous conspiracy theory.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/republicans-slam-garland-personally-approving-mar-a-lago-raid-politically-motivated-witch-hunt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>REPUBLICANS SLAM AG GARLAND FOR PERSONALLY APPROVING MAR-A-LAGO RAIDE: \u2018POLITICALLY MOTIVATED WITCH HUNT\u2019<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 767px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/640\/320\/TRUMP-GAINES-CPAC.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"Former U.S. President Donald Trump is joined onstage by SEC champion swimmer Riley Gaines at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Dallas, Texas, U.S., August 6, 2022.\u00a0\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>\n      Former U.S. President Donald Trump is joined onstage by SEC champion swimmer Riley Gaines at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Dallas, Texas, U.S., August 6, 2022.\u00a0<br \/>\n      <span class=\"copyright\">(REUTERS\/Brian Snyder)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;Trump\u2019s political career has been kept afloat by elite scorn. The more elites scorn him, the more Republicans love him,&#8221; Brooks wrote.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He argued that the FBI&#8217;s raid of Trump&#8217;s residence has united the Republican Party. &#8220;Several weeks ago, about<u> <\/u>half of Republican voters were ready to move on from Trump, according to a New York Times\/Siena College poll. This week the entire party seemed to rally behind him,&#8221; Brooks wrote.<\/p>\n<p>However, Brooks&#8217; characterization of the GOP and Trump&#8217;s standing in it prior to the raid is not consistent with the vast majority of polls, which according to the current Real Clear Politics average, show Trump having a 27.8 percent lead over the next potential primary challenger. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/trump-sway-over-gop-still-strong-his-endorsed-candidates-win-key-primaries-tuesday\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Trump-endorsed candidates<\/a> have also been achieving key wins in primaries across the country, reaffirming his grip on the Republican Party.<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 767px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/640\/320\/Untitled-design-11.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"Donald Trump leaves NYC post FBI raid on Mar-a-Lago resort\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>\n      Donald Trump leaves NYC post FBI raid on Mar-a-Lago resort<br \/>\n      <span class=\"copyright\">(Felipe Ramales: Fox News Digital)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Times columnist also expressed concern that the FBI raid would make Republicans more likely to vote in the 2022 midterm elections. &#8220;According to a Trafalgar Group\/Convention of States Action survey, 83 percent of likely Republican voters said the F.B.I. search made them more motivated to vote in the 2022 elections,&#8221; Brooks wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Brooks said that he feared the prosecution and imprisonment of Trump during an election would constitute &#8220;the most likely path to a complete democratic breakdown.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/apps-products?pid=AppArticleLink\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Trump is leading President Joe Biden in a potential 2024 rematch, according to the Real Clear Politics polling average. Many Republicans and even some Democrats, have argued that the FBI&#8217;s raid against Trump appears <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/brian-kilmeade-trump-mar-a-lago-raid-garland-weaponized-federal-law-enforcement\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">politically motivated<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-bio\">\n<p>Joe Silverstein is a production assistant for Fox News Digital.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! 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