Is Trump's indictment hurting or helping him with voters?
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The Times
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🗓️ 14 April 2023
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Last week, Donald Trump became the first US president -- past or present -- to be charged with a crime. But is this historic indictment turning off voters, or drawing them in?
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| 0:00.0 | Last week, Donald Trump became the first US president, passed all-present, to be charged |
| 0:20.5 | with a crime. |
| 0:23.5 | Trump's reaction was fairly predictable, he came out swinging, but how would the rest |
| 0:28.1 | of America respond? |
| 0:29.3 | Do you just fly all around the country? |
| 0:31.3 | It's going to be like this for the next few, you know, 18 months, basically, exactly. |
| 0:36.3 | Fly all around the country for the win in time. |
| 0:38.1 | Yeah. |
| 0:39.1 | Hugh Thomson did fly around the country, in fact, to meet swing voters in Iowa and Wisconsin. |
| 0:46.1 | So are you writing for a magazine? |
| 0:48.1 | Newspaper. |
| 0:49.1 | Newspaper, yeah, London time. |
| 0:50.1 | London time. |
| 0:51.1 | It sounds like a big win. |
| 0:53.1 | It's, um, yeah, it's a little more. |
| 0:56.1 | Thomas, not just for being the absolutely swingiest of swing states, but also for its delicious |
| 1:00.8 | bear. |
| 1:04.0 | In the wake of this truly historic indictment, what are voters actually saying? |
| 1:08.1 | So, you're a die-hard Trump guy, this will not affect you at all. |
| 1:12.1 | No, you're right. |
| 1:13.1 | He stands up for what's right. |
| 1:15.1 | Eight years from now? |
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