How Trump and his allies are reacting to his felony conviction
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🗓️ 3 June 2024
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| 0:00.0 | The guilty of a felony. Our Lisa Desjardan takes a closer look at the reaction in recent |
| 0:15.3 | date. The visuals certainly were clear. Saturday in New Jersey, |
| 0:20.9 | former President Donald Trump strode into a match for the ultimate fighting |
| 0:24.8 | championship watching mixed martial arts, a combat sport known for muscle and bloodshed. |
| 0:31.6 | This was his first public appearance after being found guilty of |
| 0:34.8 | nearly three dozen felonies. The crowd whooped it up but from Trump the signal was |
| 0:39.8 | serious and provocative. Then in a weekend interview with Fox and Friends, you know my revenge |
| 0:45.2 | will be success and I mean that but it's awfully hard when you see what they've |
| 0:50.1 | done these people are so evil. |
| 0:53.4 | He lit another match over his upcoming sentencing. |
| 0:56.5 | The judge could decide to say, hey, house arrest or even jail? |
| 0:59.2 | It could face it. |
| 1:00.8 | I'm OK with it. |
| 1:01.7 | But he warned. I think it would be tough for the public to take you know at a certain point is a breaking point it was not his only warning shot Trump also said this about top Pentagon generals they want there there to be woke, but these guys aren't |
| 1:14.1 | meant woke. I would fire them. You can't have woke military. As Trump takes swings, his |
| 1:19.6 | supporters are showering him with big dollars. |
| 1:23.0 | 70 million dollars fundraised in the 48 hours after last week's verdict, |
| 1:27.5 | according to the Republican National Committee. |
| 1:30.0 | Republicans in Congress now, or who hope to be, also seem eager to show allegiance and win base points for themselves. |
| 1:38.0 | In a letter, eight Senate Republicans vowed to block major bills and President Biden's nominees saying quote we are |
| 1:45.2 | unwilling to aid and abet this White House in its project to tear this country |
| 1:49.8 | apart in Montana it's law, a state-sponsored political persecution led by Joe Biden in the radical left. |
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