{"id":2257997,"date":"2024-06-02T16:02:02","date_gmt":"2024-06-02T20:02:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tim-scott-argues-trump-verdict-has-united-gop-behind-former-president\/"},"modified":"2024-06-02T16:04:46","modified_gmt":"2024-06-02T20:04:46","slug":"tim-scott-argues-trump-verdict-has-united-gop-behind-former-president","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tim-scott-argues-trump-verdict-has-united-gop-behind-former-president\/","title":{"rendered":"Tim Scott claims Trump verdict solidifies GOP support for ex-president"},"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\">20<\/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%2Ftim-scott-argues-trump-verdict-has-united-gop-behind-former-president%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=2257997&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>Senator Tim\u2064 Scott (R-SC) stated that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ana-navarro-says-alleged-smollett-hate-crime-hoax-was-believable\/\" title=\"Ana Navarro Says Alleged Smollett Hate Crime Hoax Was \u201cBelievable\u201d\">recent conviction<\/a> of \u2063former President Donald Trump has brought unity \u2064to the Republican Party. \u200cEven those against a second Trump presidency now support him. Trump faced 34 counts in his Manhattan <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/donald-trumps-criminal-hush-money-<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/despite-insistence-by-democrat-politicians-and-medical-elites-empirical-evidence-does-not-conclusively-show-that-masks-reduce-the-spread-of-covid\/\" title=\"Despite Insistence by Democrat Politicians and Medical Elites, Empirical Evidence DOES NOT Conclusively Show that Masks Reduce the Spread of COVID\">trial<\/a>-set-for-march-25\/&#8221; title=&#8221;Trump&#8217;s hush money trial scheduled for March 25&#8243;>hush money trial<\/a>, becoming \u200dthe first ex-president\u200d convicted of a felony. Scott affirms growing party solidarity behind\u200b Trump.\u200d Senator Tim Scott (R-SC) highlighted that the recent conviction of former President Donald Trump has fostered unity within the Republican Party. Despite initial opposition to a second Trump term,\u2063 support for him has increased. Trump&#8217;s facing of 34\u2062 counts in his Manhattan hush money trial marked him as the first ex-president convicted of a felony. Scott emphasizes the \u200bescalating party solidarity in backing Trump.  <\/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<div data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_79\">\n<p>Sen. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/tim-scott\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Tim Scott<\/a> (R-SC) argued that the recent verdict against former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Donald Trump<\/a> has united the Republican Party, with even those originally opposed to a second Trump presidency now in support of the former president.<\/p>\n<p>Trump was found guilty of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3018093\/trump-guilty-in-manhattan-hush-money-case\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>all 34 counts in his hush money trial<\/a> in Manhattan on Thursday, making him the first former United States president to be convicted of a felony crime. Many have argued that this verdict could <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/book-alleges-jill-biden-said-kamala-should-go-fk-yourself-after-accusing-joe-biden-of-taking-racist-stance\/\" title=\"Book Alleges Jill Biden Said Kamala Should \u2018Go F**K Yourself\u2019 After Accusing Joe Biden Of Taking Racist Stance\">boost support<\/a> for the former president in the presidential election. Scott affirmed that there is \u201cno doubt\u201d there has been unification within his own party in supporting Trump.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWithout any question, what we\u2019ve seen is \u2018Never Trumpers\u2019 calling me and saying, \u2018Tim, I\u2019m on the bandwagon now! I\u2019ve seen this two-tier justice system working against the president of the United States; it could work against me too,\u2019\u201d Scott said on <em>Fox News Sunday<\/em>. \u201cI\u2019ve seen donors who\u2019ve been on the sidelines this entire process now jumping in \u2014 one of the reasons why we saw more than $50 million raised in 24 hours.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Scott was referring to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3025210\/trump-close-biden-fundraising-gap-52-million-haul\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>the $52.8 million in online donations<\/a> that the Trump campaign has received in the wake of the verdict. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3023464\/trumps-donation-website-crashes-moments-after-verdict\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>The former president\u2019s campaign website also crashed<\/a> due to the influx of visitors trying to donate to Trump after the verdict. <\/p>\n<p>The South Carolina senator then pointed to the various topics that voters are concerned about ahead of the election, including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/inflation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>inflation<\/a>, border security, and crime. Scott argued that Trump had a good record on these topics during his presidency, something on which Biden cannot campaign.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Scott is rumored to be on Trump\u2019s shortlist for his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/joe-biden-knows-he-messed-up-on-fracking-at-debate-and-is-now-doing-damage-control-the-daily-wire\/\" title=\"Joe Biden Knows He Messed Up On Fracking At Debate And Is Now Doing Damage Control | The Daily Wire\">vice presidential candidate<\/a>, with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/2991324\/trump-vice-presidential-short-list-pros-and-cons-of-nine-hopefuls\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>other rumored candidates<\/a> including Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL), Gov. Doug Burgum (R-ND), and ex-Democratic lawmaker Tulsi Gabbard. <\/p>\n<p>In the wake of Trump\u2019s verdict, his legal team has already announced plans to appeal the decision, arguing that the trial was unfairly biased against him. They believe the evidence does not support the charges and have expressed confidence the verdict will be overturned on appeal.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senator Tim Scott (R-SC) asserts that the latest verdict on former President Donald Trump has brought the Republican Party together. Those once against a second Trump term now stand behind him. Trump faced 34 guilty counts in his Manhattan hush money trial, strengthening this unity<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2632,"featured_media":2257998,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/AP24153579520290-1024x683.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2257997","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/AP24153579520290-1024x683.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2257997","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\/2632"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2257997"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2257997\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2257998"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2257997"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2257997"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2257997"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}