{"id":2020376,"date":"2023-09-02T15:36:02","date_gmt":"2023-09-02T19:36:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-rfk-touts-own-mugshot-following-praise-of-shrewd-trump\/"},"modified":"2023-09-02T15:37:42","modified_gmt":"2023-09-02T19:37:42","slug":"watch-rfk-touts-own-mugshot-following-praise-of-shrewd-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-rfk-touts-own-mugshot-following-praise-of-shrewd-trump\/","title":{"rendered":"RFK flaunts mugshot after praising &#8216;clever&#8217; Trump."},"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\">14<\/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%2Fwatch-rfk-touts-own-mugshot-following-praise-of-shrewd-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=2020376&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>RFK\u2063 Jr. Impressed by \u200bTrump&#8217;s &#8220;Strategic&#8221; Mugshot<\/h2>\n<p>Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was apparently impressed by former President Donald Trump\u2019s \u201cstrategic\u201d thinking about his mugshot when he was arrested last week in Fulton County, Georgia.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/newsom-2024-speculation-grows-as-he-campaigns-in-red-states-candidate-in-waiting\/\" title=\"Newsom's 2024 buzz builds as he tours red states: 'Future candidate'\">long-shot contender<\/a> \u2063against incumbent Vice President Joe Biden told Fox News host Jesse Watters that Trump\u2019s mugshot \u201cworked very well for him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHave \u2064you\u2063 seen the Trump \u2064mug shot?\u201d Watters asked Kennedy.<\/p>\n<p>Kennedy responded that he had, \u200dindeed, seen the picture, and Watters then asked him \u2062what he thought \u2063of it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWell, it\u2019s an interesting and probably very shrewd decision for \u200bhim to put\u200c on that very defiant\u2063 face,\u201d Kennedy responded. \u201cI think it\u2019s very popular with his\u2062 base.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDo you think the mugshot appeals to the\u200c Democrat base\u2062 in any way?\u201d Watters\u2062 asked.<\/p>\n<p>Kennedy, \u2063like a career politician, answered a completely different question from the one that had been asked.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI had a mugshot when I was arrested \u200cin \u2064Puerto Rico in 2001 when I was doing a protest against the Navy on a lawsuit that I eventually won that got the \u2064Navy out of Vieques,\u201d he\u200c said. \u201cBut when you\u2019re arrested, you get the mugshot, you have\u200b a strategic \u2063decision\u200d about whether \u2014 how you \u200bwant to look.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI wondered whether he practiced it in front of a mirror \u2062or whether\u200b he was just angry at the \u2062time and that reflected what he did. But I\u200d thought from a strategic point\u2062 of view it\u2063 worked very well for him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In fact, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/rfk-jr-talks-14-year-battle-addiction-overcame-faith-god\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kennedy<\/a> has had plenty of opportunities to work on such \u201cstrategic decisions,\u201d having been arrested numerous\u2063 times \u2064on drug charges and in relation to protests of various types.<\/p>\n<p>You can see the exchange here:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Watters: Do you think the mugshot appeals to a Democrat \u200dbase in any way?<\/p>\n<p>RFK Jr: I had\u2062 a mugshot \u200bwhen I was\u200c arrested in Puerto Rico when I \u200bwas doing a protest against the Navy.. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/uFbjogxfte\">pic.twitter.com\/uFbjogxfte<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Acyn (@Acyn) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Acyn\/status\/1696677148738617631?\">August\u2063 30,\u200d 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Regardless of what you may think of his arrest \u200drecord, Kennedy was certainly right about Trump\u2019s \u201cshrewd\u201d use of his mugshot.<\/p>\n<p>Trump\u2019s campaign has brought in more than $9.4 million since his \u200bmugshot was released to the public \u2064last week,\u2064 which \u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/trump-fundraising-spikes-after-fulton-county-mugshot-surpassing-20m-in-august\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fox News<\/a> \u2064reported means that the current Republican \u200bprimary front-runner will have \u200cbrought in more than $20 million in the \u200bmonth of August alone.<\/p>\n<p>All of those funds will be used for Trump\u2019s campaign, \u2062not to\u200d cover his legal expenses, Fox said.<\/p>\n<p>After Trump turned himself in last week, his \u2063<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-rfk-touts-own-mugshot-following-praise-of-shrewd-trump\/\" title=\"RFK flaunts mugshot after praising 'clever' Trump.\">campaign started selling merchandise featuring<\/a> his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-already-using-mugshot-democrats\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">now-famous mugshot<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A source told Fox that the sales \u201cspiked\u201d\u2064 Trump\u2019s fundraising.<\/p>\n<h3>Will RFK Jr\u2019s Mugshot Help His Campaign?<\/h3>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-container\" class=\"one-half\">\n<div class=\"firefly-poll-question\">Will RFK Jr\u2019s \u200bmugshot\u2064 help his campaign?<\/div>\n<div id=\"pollFormBox\" style=\"display: none\">\n\t\t<label>Yes<\/label><br \/>\n\t\t<label>No<\/label><br \/>\n\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-poll-disclaimer\">\n<p>\t\tCompleting this poll entitles \u200cyou to The\u2062 Western Journal news updates free of charge. You may opt out at anytime. You also agree to our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/about\/privacy-policy\/\">Privacy Policy<\/a> and\u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/about\/terms-service\/\">Terms of Use<\/a>.\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-results\" style=\"display: none\">\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-results-yes\" style=\"width: 45%\">\n<p>\t\t\tYes: 45% (5\u200b Votes)\n\t\t<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-results-no\" style=\"width: 55%\">\n<p>\t\t\tNo: 55%\u2062 (6 Votes)\n\t\t<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>According to a breakdown by Fox, Trump\u2019s campaign raised $864,000 from the sale of 24,000 coffee mugs \u2014 what better medium for a mugshot, after all \u2014 and \u2063nearly $2 million \u200bon 36,000 T-shirts. Another $352,000 came \u2063in from the sale \u200cof 8,600 posters of the already iconic photograph.<\/p>\n<p>The indictment by special counsel Jack Smith for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-legal-team-fights-back-jack-smiths-jan-6-trial-plans-files-reasonable-schedule\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">election interference<\/a> claims\u2064 \u2014 a wholly separate investigation from \u2062the Georgia charges \u2014\u2062 also likely \u2064led to increased\u2064 fundraising numbers this month.<\/p>\n<p>Trump has pleaded not guilty\u200b to all of those charges, and is expected \u200cto enter a similar plea in the \u200bGeorge <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/police-release-mugshots-trumps-rico-case-defendants-giuliani-powell-ellis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">racketeering<\/a> \u200ccase.<\/p>\n<p>Trump told Fox after his\u2062 processing in Georgia that local officials \u200bhad \u201cinsisted\u201d on his sitting for\u200c the booking photo. He also said he didn\u2019t enjoy the experience.<\/p>\n<p>It \u2062was \u201cnot a comfortable feeling \u2014 especially when you\u2019ve done nothing wrong,\u201d\u2063 he said in an \u2063exclusive interview with Fox after\u2062 the booking.<\/p>\n<p>Other Republican presidential hopefuls have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-numbers-are-in-heres-how-much-trump-made-off-the-mugshot-democrats-insisted-upon\/\" title=\"Trump's Mugshot Democrats Demanded: The Profits Revealed\">experienced fundraising surges<\/a> following\u200b last week\u2019s first\u200c primary debate, but none could compare with Trump\u2019s reported haul.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-rfk-touts-mugshot-following-praise-shrewd-trump\/\">Watch:\u2062 RFK Touts Own Mugshot Following Praise of &#8216;Shrewd&#8217; Trump<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. praised Donald Trump&#8217;s &#8220;strategic&#8221; mugshot approach during his recent arrest in Georgia. Kennedy, in an interview with Fox News, acknowledged that Trump&#8217;s mugshot had been effective for him.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2010,"featured_media":2020377,"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-2020376","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\/2020376","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\/2010"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2020376"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2020376\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2020377"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2020376"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2020376"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2020376"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}