Spending time in court during the first critical period of the presidential race
Claiming “Biden’s persecution”, voluntarily appearing in an attempt to turn the election campaign around
Trump only rallied 25 times…DeSantis 125, Haley 79.
One week before the Iowa caucuses, where the first primary of the Republican presidential candidates for the 2024 presidential election in the United States will be held, former President Donald Trump voluntarily appears in court and is unable to campaign for Iowa voters for a precious week. .
This is Trump’s voluntary appearance in court, and on the 9th he spent time at a federal hearing in Washington, D.C., on the 11th he spent time in a civil case court on fraud charges in New York’s Bubby One, and in the meantime appeared briefly at a Fox News town hall event in Iowa. It just reflected.
Trump is expected to return to Iowa on Saturday, the 13th, to engage in his last lightning campaign ahead of the Iowa caucuses, which will be held on Monday, the 15th.
Both of Trump’s court appearances in Washington and New York were voluntarily, even though he was not required to appear.
Trump’s campaign headquarters changed its strategy to embrace Trump’s judicial risk and use it politically. Previously, he denied all charges and used a strategy of focusing only on campaigning as a presidential candidate.
That strategy may not be effective in winning back centrist or independent voters who lost support when Trump was convicted of four separate crimes, but it was the choice in the Iowa primary.
Trump’s strategy creates the image of himself as a victim being dragged into court by the Democratic Party’s schemes and conspiracies, diluting President Biden’s recent claim that “Trump being elected is the greatest threat to American democracy,” and rather, Biden Experts are analyzing that this is to refute that it is a true threat.
While making his final statement while standing at the defendant’s table in court, Trump said, “I am an innocent person. He claimed, “I have been persecuted by a rival who is seeking the presidency.”
At the same time, he complained of injustice, saying, “They did this to prevent me from winning again (in the presidential election).”
Trump repeated the same words at a press conference held after leaving the courthouse. Even though there is absolutely no evidence that President Biden played any role in the trial of his criminal case, he still claimed this.
“They did this to interfere in the election. So, you have to think of this as part of the campaign in some way,” Trump said.
“If any of you see me standing in court, please remember, ‘That’s what Joe Biden and the thugs surrounding him did,’” he said.
Trump aides have said Trump is deeply mired in a truly difficult legal crisis, with everything from his control of his companies to his personal liberty at risk.
However, Trump believes that it is beneficial to appear in court, and that he receives the media’s attention every time he does so, giving him an opportunity to appeal the unfairness of his trial.
Therefore, whenever Trump appears in court, he uses it as an opportunity to ensure media attention, focusing attention on himself rather than on his rivals who are making their final campaign pitches to voters in Iowa.
Senior adviser Jason Miller said, “President Trump will be able to defend himself at any time. “We will not allow Joe Biden’s legal minions to get a free opportunity to interfere and disrupt the presidential election,” he told reporters.
Trump’s campaign headquarters continues to use court appearances as fund-raising opportunities. On the 8th, in an email sent to supporters, he raised donations by making a claim that was different from the fact that “Biden ‘forced’ Trump to claim presidential immunity in a court in Washington, D.C.”
However, this does not change the fact that Trump campaigned too little for this Iowa caucus at a time when the presidential runoff is so far ahead.
His main rival, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, concluded his campaign by touring all 99 counties in Iowa, while Vivek Ramaswami visited each county twice.
According to this week’s presidential candidate tracking statistics from Desmoin Register, since March of last year, Trump has held 25 public campaign rallies in Iowa, while DeSantis has held 125, Nikki Haley 79, and Ramaswami. recorded 300 times.
In response, Trump’s campaign headquarters claims that Trump’s rallies attracted much larger crowds than his competitors, so even though the number of campaigns was small, the number of voters mobilized was almost the same.
And despite the crazy busy schedules of his rivals, Trump has an overwhelming lead here, so aides argue that the question is not whether he will win, but by what margin.
However, there are many people who express dissatisfaction. “Where on earth was he (Trump) when he had the time and opportunity to come here,” said Michael Pfeiffer, a Winterset farmer and small shop owner who supports DeSantis.
He criticized Trump, saying, “As president, he may be able to mobilize a large number of people, but even if he is elected again this time, it will not be much different from the last time.” Moreover, he pointed out that he was already 78 years old when he took office after being elected.
While Trump was away in court, the campaign headquarters mobilized enthusiastic supporters, including South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem and Georgia Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene, and held speeches and rallies in various places on his behalf, but some speakers who had promised to appear did not attend “due to the weather.” I’ve been through difficulties like this.
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