As the United States appears to be divided over the decision to prosecute former US President Donald Trump, voices that are different from those of the mainstream party are detected, centered on the ruling Democratic Party and the non-mainstream opposition Republican Party. Concerns about Trump’s prosecution have been raised within the Democratic Party, while voices urging Trump to stop his election campaign have also emerged from the Republican Party, where the phenomenon of ‘Trump concentration’ is ongoing.
Former Arkansas governor Assa Hutchinson, a Republican, criticized former President Trump while announcing his presidential run in an interview with ABC on the 2nd (local time). Former Governor Hutchinson is one of the most prominent anti-Trump figures in the Republican Party. He expressed regret that Trump was the first former president to be indicted by prosecutors, and when asked if he should stop campaigning, he replied, “He should, but we know he won’t.”
Unlike the Republican presidential candidates who took a critical stance on the prosecution of former President Trump, former Governor Hutchinson said, “(New York) the grand jury found a probable cause, and that is the standard for all criminal charges in our society.” He said, “If I were a prosecutor, I would not raise that charge,” but “I have to make the (judicial) system work. What I don’t want to do as a leader is undermine our criminal justice system.”
Also, according to the New York Times (NYT) on the same day, Democratic Senator Joe Manchin (West Virginia) said in an interview on ‘Fox News Sunday’, “It is a very, very sad day for the United States,” referring to the indictment of former President Trump. Senator Manchin is a conservative figure and is considered a minority member of the Democratic Party.
“When people believe that the rule of law or justice is biased and not working as it should, we can’t have it,” he said. “No one is above the law. But no one should be the target of the law.”
Senator Joe Manchin of West Virginia, who is classified as a minority member of the Democratic Party. AP NewsisOn the other hand, former President Trump’s side is trying to rally supporters with the decision to prosecute a former and incumbent president for the first time since the founding of the country. According to CNN and others that day, former US President Trump “prepares for battle” ahead of his New York court appearance on the 4th, his attorney Joe Taco Pina said. Former President Trump spent the night at Trump Tower in New York on the afternoon of the 3rd, attended the court at 2:15 pm on the 4th, was notified of his charges, and proceeded with the ‘prosecutor’s procedure’ to reveal his innocence, and then at 8:00 pm 15 Minutes He will be speaking at his home in Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida.
Supporters of both the Democratic and Republican parties are showing extreme divisions. According to the results of a poll of 593 adults across the country for two days from the 31st of last month by ABC Broadcasting in the United States with the polling company Ipsos, 45% of all respondents said that former President Trump should be prosecuted in connection with the allegation of ‘silencing sexual scandal’. . 88% of Democrats said they should be prosecuted, while 65% of Republicans said they shouldn’t be prosecuted.
In particular, 47% of the total answered that this case was politically motivated, and most Republican supporters (79%) answered that this case was a political investigation, regardless of whether they were in favor or against the prosecution of former President Trump. On the other hand, in the case of Democratic Party supporters, 64% answered that it was not a political investigation, showing a stark difference according to the party they supported.
Source: Donga
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