{"id":2256780,"date":"2024-05-31T13:52:01","date_gmt":"2024-05-31T17:52:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-attempt-to-cash-in-minutes-after-trumps-guilty-verdict-backfires\/"},"modified":"2024-05-31T13:53:23","modified_gmt":"2024-05-31T17:53:23","slug":"bidens-attempt-to-cash-in-minutes-after-trumps-guilty-verdict-backfires","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-attempt-to-cash-in-minutes-after-trumps-guilty-verdict-backfires\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden&#8217;s Quick Money Move After Trump&#8217;s Conviction Goes Awry"},"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\">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%2Fbidens-attempt-to-cash-in-minutes-after-trumps-guilty-verdict-backfires%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=2256780&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--><p>Shortly after former President Donald Trump&#8217;s conviction on 34 counts of falsifying records, President Joe Biden sought campaign donations. Despite the quick request,\u2062 the response was unfavorable, with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/reports-shanghai-patients-die-as-coronavirus-lockdown-blocks-vital-medical-care\/\" title=\"Reports: Shanghai Patients Die as Coronavirus Lockdown Blocks Vital Medical Care\">social media filled<\/a> \u2063with criticisms and support for Trump. Biden&#8217;s\u200c post,\u2062 seemingly in response to the guilty verdicts, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gwen-berry-blasted-for-anthem-protest-try-this-s-in-an-actually-oppressive-country\/\" title=\"Gwen Berry Blasted For Anthem Protest: \u2018Try This S***\u2019 In \u2018An Actually Oppressive Country\u2019\">received significant backlash<\/a>, unlike the overwhelming support for Trump\u2062 following the news.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<header> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/commentary\/\">  Commentary <\/a>   <span> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/georgeupper\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<p> <span>   By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/georgeupper\/%20\"><span>George C. Upper III<\/span><\/a> <\/span> <span>   May 31, 2024 at 7:26am <\/span> <\/span>  <\/header>\n<section>\n<p>Minutes after the news broke of former President Donald Trump\u2019s historic conviction on 34 counts of felony falsification of business records, President Joe Biden posted on X <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watchdog-says-ex-usaid-pandemic-official-sent-taxpayer-money-to-his-own-private-project\/\" title=\"Watchdog Says Ex-USAID Pandemic Official Sent Taxpayer Money to His Own Private Project\">seeking donations<\/a> to his re-election campaign.<\/p>\n<p>It didn\u2019t seem to work out the way he \u2014 or, more likely, the intern posting to his X account \u2014 had hoped.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s only one way to keep Donald Trump out of the Oval Office: At the ballot box,\u201d the post said, along with a link to a donation site. \u201cDonate to our campaign today.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">There\u2019s only one way to keep Donald Trump out of the Oval Office: At the ballot box.<\/p>\n<p>Donate to our campaign today: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/aJXS9oti0a\">https:\/\/t.co\/aJXS9oti0a<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JoeBiden\/status\/1796292494151573855?\">May 30, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>We cannot, of course, state with 100 percent certainty that Biden\u2019s post was in response to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ivanka-breaks-silence-posts-emotional-4-word-response-trumps-guilty-verdict\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">guilty verdicts<\/a>, but the timing \u2014 literally three minutes after <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/nytimes\/status\/1796291517981548741\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The New York Times<\/a> posted about the verdicts on X \u2014 certainly seems telling.<\/p>\n<p>But whereas Trump\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trumps-donation-site-crashes-right-crucial-verdict-shows-voters-stand\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">donation site crashed<\/a> because of heavy traffic following the verdict, Biden\u2019s post elicited a somewhat different response \u2026 on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/supreme-court-rules-social-media-case-gives-citizens-big-power-politicians-block\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social media<\/a>, anyway.<\/p>\n<p>Virtually every reply to Biden\u2019s post was critical of the president, support of Trump, or both. (Having said that, I should also add that the post received 34,000 replies, and I obviously didn\u2019t scroll through all of them. But of the first 100 that appear under Biden\u2019s tweet, three replies \u2014 three \u2014 were favorable to Joe Biden, and one other might be interpreted as neutral.)<\/p>\n<p>Examples of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/tech-mogul-stuns-6-figure-trump-donation-guilty-verdict-lose-friends\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pro-Trump posts<\/a> were numerous, like this one, from Virginia state delegate Nick Freitas.<\/p>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-container\">\n<p>Was Alvin Bragg\u2019s prosecution of Trump politically motivated?<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cWell Democrats, congratulations,\u201d he wrote. \u201cI didn\u2019t start out a Trump fan. I supported Rand Paul in the primary in 2016. I was skeptical of whether or not Trump would do what he said. Even after supporting him in 2020, I was frustrated by some of his policies \u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u2026 but now \u2026 now \u2026 I will enthusiastically campaign, donate and vote for Trump. Because if nothing else, he represents opposition to YOU. The people who engage in \u2018lawfare,\u2019 openly target your political rivals for prosecution while ignoring the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mcauliffe-biden-is-not-popular-here-we-have-to-push-through\/\" title=\"McAuliffe: Biden is not popular here, we have to push through\">real issues facing<\/a> this country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou have now showed us the rules of the game \u2026 don\u2019t be surprised when we start playing by them,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Well Democrats, congratulations. I didn\u2019t start out a Trump fan. I supported Rand Paul in the primary in 2016. I was skeptical of whether or not Trump would do what he said. Even after supporting him in 2020, I was frustrated by some of his policies\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2026but now\u2026now\u2026I will\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Nick Freitas (@NickJFreitas) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NickJFreitas\/status\/1796310385177325705?\">May 30, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>But Freitas was hardly the only X user to express support for Trump or to mock Biden for his post \u2014 or both.<\/p>\n<blockquote data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I\u2019m making a donation to President Trump today \u2014 thank you for the inspiration.<\/p>\n<p>The next 5 months of my life are dedicated to defeating you &#038; electing Trump.<\/p>\n<p>Never been more determined.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 ThePersistence (@ScottPresler) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ScottPresler\/status\/1796295580010033267?\">May 30, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Just donated to the Trump campaign.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jennyjenny (@JenniferPelti16) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JenniferPelti16\/status\/1796297403970007270?\">May 30, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Biden: We locked up our political opponent. Now give us money!!!!!<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Alexandra Marshall (@ellymelly) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ellymelly\/status\/1796305691252285921?\">May 30, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>And former Fox News host <a href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearpolitics.com\/video\/2024\/05\/31\/megyn_kelly_the_democrats_will_rue_this_day.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Megyn Kelly<\/a> said it was only a matter of time before Democrats regretted having opened \u201cPandora\u2019s Box\u201d by prosecuting Trump.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo before you celebrate too much over at MSNBC and CNN, who are positively gleeful over this absurd conviction,\u201d she said, \u201cyou wait and ask yourself, ask yourself what kind of Pandora\u2019s box has been opened here?\u201d<\/p>\n<hr>\n<div>\n<p><b><i>A Note from Our Deputy Managing Editor:<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span>\u201cWe don\u2019t even know if an election will be held in 2024.\u201d Those 12 words have been stuck in my head since I first read them. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Former Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn recently made that comment to Floyd Brown, founder of The Western Journal. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>And if the leftists and the elites get their way, that\u2019s exactly what will happen \u2014 no real election, no real choice for the Electoral College, and no real say for the American people. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The Western Journal is fighting to keep that from happening, but we can\u2019t do it alone.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>We work tirelessly to expose the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-rep-anna-paulina-luna-scolds-dems-waving-ukrainian-flags-after-vote-put-those-damn-flags-away\/\" title=\"Video: Rep. Anna Paulina Luna Criticizes Democrats Waving Ukrainian Flags - 'Remove Those Flags!\">lying leftist media<\/a> and the corrupt America-hating elites.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>But Big Tech\u2019s stranglehold is now so tight that <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=BM6XAWRJ8NS7A&#038;utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>without help<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>  from you, we will not be able to continue the fight. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The 2024 election is literally the most important election for every living American. We have to unite and fight for our country, otherwise we will lose it. And if we lose the America we love in 2024, we\u2019ll lose it for good. Can we <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=BM6XAWRJ8NS7A&#038;utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>count on you<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>  to help? <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>With you we will be able to field journalists, do more investigative work, expose more corruption, and get desperately needed truth to millions of Americans. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>We can do this only with your help. Please don\u2019t wait one minute.<\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=BM6XAWRJ8NS7A&#038;utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>  Donate right now<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Thank you for reading,<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Josh Manning<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Deputy Managing Editor<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>P.S. Please <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=BM6XAWRJ8NS7A&#038;utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>stand with us<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>  today.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"author-info-44802\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/georgeupper\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<div>\n<p><label for=\"summary-tab-radio-44802\">Summary<\/label><label for=\"more-info-tab-radio-44802\">More<span> Biographical Information<\/span><\/label><label for=\"posts-tab-radio-44802\">Recent<span> Posts<\/span><\/label><label for=\"contact-tab-radio-44802\" onclick=\"if( typeof grecaptcha=='undefined' ) { let cap_s=document.createElement( 'script' ); cap_s.src='https:\/\/www.google.com\/recaptcha\/api.js?render=6LeJFcsUAAAAAPsIEqvB1EebWbZfqRUe6ebMpGy7'; document.body.appendChild( cap_s ); }\">Contact<\/label><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>George Upper is the former Editor-in-Chief of The Western Journal and was a weekly co-host of &#8220;WJ Live,&#8221; powered by The Western Journal. He is currently a contributing editor in the areas of faith, politics and culture. A former U.S. Army special operator, teacher and consultant, he is a lifetime member of the NRA and an active volunteer leader in his church. Born in Foxborough, Massachusetts, he has lived most of his life in central North Carolina.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>  George Upper, is the former editor-in-chief of The Western Journal and is now a contributing editor in the areas of faith, politics and culture. He currently serves as the connections pastor at Awestruck Church in Greensboro, North Carolina. He is a former U.S. Army special operator, teacher, manager and consultant. Born in Massachusetts, he graduated from Foxborough High School before joining the Army and spending most of the next three years at Fort Bragg. He holds bachelor&#8217;s and master&#8217;s degrees in English as well as a Master&#8217;s in Business Administration, all from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. He and his wife life only a short drive from his three children, their spouses and his grandchildren. He is a lifetime member of the NRA and in his spare time he shoots, reads a lot of Lawrence Block and John D. MacDonald, and watches Bruce Campbell movies. He is a fan of individual freedom, Tommy Bahama, fine-point G-2 pens and the Oxford comma. <\/p>\n<p>  Birthplace <\/p>\n<p>  Foxborough, Massachusetts <\/p>\n<p>  Nationality <\/p>\n<p>  American <\/p>\n<p>  Honors\/Awards <\/p>\n<p>  Beta Gamma Sigma <\/p>\n<p>  Education <\/p>\n<p>  B.A., English, UNCG; M.A., English, UNCG; MBA, UNCG <\/p>\n<p>  Location <\/p>\n<p>  North Carolina <\/p>\n<p>  Languages Spoken <\/p>\n<p>  English <\/p>\n<p>  Topics of Expertise <\/p>\n<p>  Faith, Business, Leadership and Management, Military, Politics <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Commentary by George C. 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