SPECIAL | The political fallout and upshot in the wake of the Trump verdict
The Excerpt
USA TODAY
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🗓️ 5 June 2024
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Last week’s unprecedented conviction of a former president on 34 felony counts in the hush money trial continues to reverberate in political circles and across the country. New polling by several organizations shows that while Trump’s support is holding at around 31%, about half of all Americans feel the guilty verdict was correct and that he should end his campaign for the presidency. As we enter these uncharted waters of political turmoil, how might this historic verdict continue to play out? USA TODAY Washington Bureau Chief Susan Page joins The Excerpt to share her insights.
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| 0:00.0 | Wunderry Plus subscribers can listen to USA Today's The Excerpt, ad free right now. |
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| 0:08.0 | Hello and welcome to the excerpt. I'm Dana Taylor. Today is Wednesday June 5th, 2024 and this is a special episode of the |
| 0:18.8 | excerpt. Last Last week's unprecedented conviction of a former president on 34 felony counts and the |
| 0:29.6 | hush money trial continues to reverberate in political circles and across the country. |
| 0:34.9 | New polling by several organizations shows that while Trump's support is holding at around 31%, |
| 0:41.2 | about half of all Americans feel the guilty verdict was correct and that he |
| 0:44.9 | should end his campaign for the presidency. As we enter these uncharted |
| 0:48.7 | waters of political turmoil, how might this historic verdict continue to play out? |
| 0:54.1 | Joining us now to dig into it is USA Today |
| 0:56.4 | Washington Bureau Chief, Susan Page. |
| 0:59.2 | Thanks for being on the excerpt, Susan. |
| 1:00.9 | I think, Dana, it's great to be with you. |
| 1:02.9 | Let's start with fundraising. |
| 1:04.7 | The Trump campaign reported a jaw-dropping sum of $53 million raised in a 24-hour period following |
| 1:11.9 | the guilty verdict. |
| 1:13.2 | Does this signal that his supporters are sticking by him? |
| 1:16.6 | 53 million dollars. |
| 1:18.7 | I mean that is a record to beat all records. |
| 1:21.8 | In 24 hours, we have never seen fundraising like that even after |
| 1:25.8 | previous news events have sparked people to contribute. The other thing that's important about |
| 1:31.1 | that fundraising number, 30% of it come from people who |
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