{"id":1992924,"date":"2023-08-07T08:16:13","date_gmt":"2023-08-07T12:16:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-voters-rally-around-trump-following-jan-6-indictment-who-else-would-we-support\/"},"modified":"2023-08-07T08:19:25","modified_gmt":"2023-08-07T12:19:25","slug":"gop-voters-rally-around-trump-following-jan-6-indictment-who-else-would-we-support","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-voters-rally-around-trump-following-jan-6-indictment-who-else-would-we-support\/","title":{"rendered":"GOP voters stand firmly behind Trump despite his Jan. 6 indictment: &#8220;No one else compares.&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/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%2Fgop-voters-rally-around-trump-following-jan-6-indictment-who-else-would-we-support%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=1992924&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--><h2>The Unshaken Support for Trump Among\u200b GOP Voters<\/h2>\n<p>The general \u2062media consensus\u200b seemed to be that,\u2064 when \u2063the indictments against former President \u2064Donald Trump by special\u2063 counsel Jack Smith began rolling in, Trump\u2019s supporters would subject themselves to\u200c a \u201cGame of Thrones\u201d-style walk of atonement, stripped of their MAGA hats as they walked to chants of \u201cshame, shame!\u201d from the Jake\u2062 Tappers and Chris Hayeses in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-voters-rally-around-trump-following-jan-6-indictment-who-else-would-we-support\/\" title=\"GOP voters stand firmly behind Trump despite his Jan. 6 indictment: \"No one else compares.\"\">cable-news peanut gallery<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Something quite the opposite has happened, however. No matter what you think about the charges, both the timing of them and\u200d the\u2063 media spin \u2062behind them isn\u2019t lost on GOP voters. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/watch-gop-voters-rally-trump-jan-6-charges\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fox \u200cNews<\/a> discovered that firsthand when they traveled to \u2064the Alabama GOP summer meeting, where the attendees were sticking with the former\u200c president.<\/p>\n<p>And while it didn\u2019t hurt that Trump was \u200bgiving a speech at the venue in\u200b Montgomery on Friday \u2014 his first speech\u2064 since being <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/arrested-trump-posts-defiant-final-messages-departing-dc-court-appearance\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">arraigned on Thursday<\/a> on charges related to the Jan. 6 Capitol incursion \u2014 \u200dthe love for the 45th president seemed to be unshaken, judging by the sampling.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cAre you serious?\u201d asked\u200c one attendee, identified as \u201cMike.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDonald\u2062 Trump is the best president that this country has\u2063 ever had . . . and that goes back to \u200bRonald Reagan. [Reagan] was a great president, and he ain\u2019t as good as Donald Trump.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cWho \u200delse would \u2064we support?\u201d an attendee, identified \u2063as\u2063 \u201cC.J.,\u201d told Fox.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur immigration problem, our economy? Trump. We\u2019ve got\u2063 to. We\u2019ve \u200dgot to bring America back. It\u2019s \u2064terrible what Biden\u200c has done \u200bto our country.\u200d It\u2019s horrible. We\u2019ve got to get it back.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Even the undecideds seemed to acknowledge that\u2063 the charges hadn\u2019t hurt\u200c the former president with his political base.<\/p>\n<p>Alabama \u200bstate Sen. Lance Bell \u2062hasn\u2019t made up his mind about whom he\u2019ll be endorsing yet \u2014 but he told Fox News\u2064 that \u200dthe\u200c charges\u200b are\u2063 actually going to help Trump politically.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think the charges are helping him, because people are seeing the political prosecution,\u201d Bell said. \u201cSo I think the charges are helping him pick \u2062up support.\u200d It\u2019s sad when we\u2019re having\u2062 that \u2062in our country \u2014 when we\u2019re having political prosecutions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And, indeed, this was an \u2064idea that Trump repeatedly hammered home during his speech in Alabama. At one point, he reiterated \u2064that \u201cthey want to silence me, because I will never let them silence you.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\u201cThey \u2062want to take away MY\u2063 freedom because I will never let them \u2062take away YOUR freedom\u2026They want to silence me, because I \u200dwill never\u200d let them silence you. \u2064In\u2064 the end, they\u2019re not after me, they\u2019re after you\u2014and I\u2019m just standing\u2063 in\u200b their way.\u201d \u2013 President Donald J. Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VWaZoRC2jP\">pic.twitter.com\/VWaZoRC2jP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 RSBN  (@RSBNetwork) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RSBNetwork\/status\/1687622568591642624?\">August\u200b 5, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cIn the end, they\u2019re not after me,\u200c they\u2019re after you \u2014 and \u2063I\u2019m just standing \u2063in their way,\u201d Trump said.<\/p>\n<p>He also \u200djoked that \u2063he needed \u201cone\u2064 more \u200dindictment\u201d to secure\u200d the nomination\u2062 and win the election.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">TRUMP:\u2064 \u2018We need ONE MORE INDICTMENT\u2062 to close \u2064out this election, one more indictment, and \u2064this election\u2064 is CLOSED \u200cOUT. Nobody has even \u2062a chance.\u2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ZaUQouj4d7\">pic.twitter.com\/ZaUQouj4d7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014\u2062 RSBN\u200b \u200b (@RSBNetwork) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RSBNetwork\/status\/1687622964374589440?\">August 5, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cAny time they file an indictment, we go way up in the\u200b polls,\u201d Trump told the\u200b audience. \u200b\u201cWe need one more indictment to close out this election. One more indictment, and this election is closed out.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>If the endorsements he picked up \u200bin Alabama\u2063 are\u200c any indication, \u2062he might not need that. Not only did\u2063 he secure the unanimous support of \u2062Alabama\u2019s GOP caucus in\u2064 the U.S. House \u200bof Representatives, Sen. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/gop-flips-key-senate-seat-tommy-tuberville-beats-doug-jones-alabama\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tommy Tuberville<\/a>, Lt. Gov. Will\u2064 Ainsworth, \u200dAgriculture\u200b Commissioner Rick Pate, \u200dand the\u200c entirety of the State Public Service Commission endorsed the former president, according to a \u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.donaldjtrump.com\/news\/6b0797b0-65e1-4480-b626-5a34835db76a\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news release<\/a> from Trump\u2019s \u200ccampaign.<\/p>\n<p>The \u200dsame can be said about the polls. Not only is the former president <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/fired-desantis-echoes-trump-shakes-campaign-staff-amid-poor-polls-cash-burn\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">well ahead<\/a> of his competition for the GOP nomination,\u200d also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/rasmussen-reports-trump-biden-tied-pa-trump-polling-27-among-black-voters\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">neck-and-neck<\/a> with\u2064 President Joe Biden, should\u200d both candidates be renominated.<\/p>\n<p>The\u2062 fact that that\u2019s true while Trump is being hounded \u200cby the Justice Department and\u200d the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dont-talk-to-me-that-way-dont-ever-talk-to-the-president-that-way-president-trump-slaps-down-media-hack-sets-the-record-straight-on-sham-election-video\/\" title=\"No Respect...\"Don't Talk to Me That Way - DON'T EVER Talk to the President That Way!\" - President Trump SLAPS DOWN Media Hack - Sets the Record Straight on Sham Election (VIDEO)\">establishment media<\/a> while Biden is being coddled and protected\u2063 by both,\u2062 speaks \u2064volumes about the American people, and their trust \u200cin once-respected institutions.<\/p>\n<p>This isn\u2019t to say that special counsel Jack Smith\u2019s indictments aren\u2019t serious trouble for the GOP front-runner, although the latest round of Jan. 6-related indictments has\u2062 a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/serious-alan-dershowitz-says-jack-smith-may-indicted-trump-wins-case\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">distinct odor of unconstitutionality<\/a> \u2063about them.<\/p>\n<p>The timing of them\u200b \u2014 one after another, with\u200b the\u2062 charges felicitously filed\u2064 right \u200bas campaign season gets underway \u2014 also stinks\u200c to high heaven. It also doesn\u2019t\u200d help that\u200c the most significant \u200dcase Smith seems to have \u2064against the former president, on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-slams-nasty-special-counsel-jack-smith-in-hannity-town-hall-as-indictment-looms\/\" title=\"Trump criticizes special counsel Jack Smith as indictment approaches during Hannity town hall.\">mishandling\u2063 classified documents<\/a>, underscores\u2064 the other establishment politicians \u2014 including Joe Biden \u2014 who have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ap-biden-classified-docs-update-bidens-upenn-office-searched-fbi-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">done materially\u200b similar\u200c things<\/a> \u2064 and faced\u2062 no legal repercussions.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, if\u200b the administration\u2019s \u2062idea is\u2063 that the charges will bait Republicans into voting for Trump in the primaries and keep independents\u2064 away in the general election, it should probably look at the polls. Biden is\u2064 no slam-dunk against Trump in\u200c a rematch,\u2063 particularly \u2063given the current \u2062president\u2019s diminishing returns on mental faculties and \u2064his innumerable failings in \u2062almost every aspect \u2064of governance.<\/p>\n<p>The fact that \u200cthe evidence of corruption in the Biden family\u200c is growing beyond even the Justice Department and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/washington-post-uncritically-publishes-far-left-orgs-attack-on-breitbart-conservative-media-facebook\/\" title=\"Washington Post Uncritically Publishes Far-Left Org's Attack on Breitbart, Conservative Media, Facebook\">establishment media\u2019<\/a>s\u200b ability to control it isn\u2019t helping either.<\/p>\n<p>Add all that up and a Trump nomination doesn\u2019t look like the worst thing that could happen for the Republican \u200bParty.<\/p>\n<p>Given his\u200d political strength in the \u2064face of unprecedented battering by the Biden administration and its DOJ minions, it appears that if hurting Trump or the GOP\u2019s \u2064chances in 2024 was the real goal indicting the 45th president over Jan. 6,\u2062 it\u2019s backfiring \u200dbadly.<\/p>\n<p>So, yeah \u2014 do your\u2063 worst, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-cnn-following-around-jack-smith-like-fangirls-news-possible-third-trump-indictment\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jack Smith<\/a>. I\u2064 don\u2019t know what you have planned, but my guess is that we\u2019ll certainly get to see in actual fact if all Trump needs to finish this one off\u2063 is one more banana\u2064 republic indictment on highly dubious\u200d charges.<\/p>\n<p>From the looks of things in Alabama, he might not \u2063even <strong>need<\/strong> that.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/gop-voters-rally-around-trump-following-jan-6-indictment-else-support\/\">GOP Voters Rally Around Trump Following Jan.\u2064 6 Indictment: &#8216;Who\u2064 Else Would We Support?&#8217;<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The media expected Trump&#8217;s supporters to face a &#8220;Game of Thrones&#8221; walk of atonement, losing their MAGA hats while being shamed by Jake Tappers and others, as special counsel Jack Smith indicted former President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":663,"featured_media":1992925,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[548],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1992924","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conservative-news-daily"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1992924","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/663"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1992924"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1992924\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1992925"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1992924"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1992924"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1992924"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}