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The Daily Punch

What the Trump verdict means for Capitol Hill

The Daily Punch

Punchbowl News

News, Politics, Government

4.3707 Ratings

🗓️ 31 May 2024

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Summary

With former President Donald Trump's conviction on 34 felony counts in the New York City hush-money case, Jake Sherman takes a look at what will happen now on the Hill. Plus: Democrats are running on abortion in California. Want more in-depth daily coverage from Congress? Subscribe to our free Punchbowl News AM newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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News. It is Friday, May 31st, 2024. Let's get into the mix. Here are your Washington headlines

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of the day. Number one, what the Trump verdict means for

0:55.8

Capitol Hill. Number two, how Democrats are running on abortion in California. And number three,

1:00.6

the Bob Good onslaught. Let's get into it, as you know. No surprise here. Donald Trump was

1:06.4

convicted on 34 counts yesterday in New York City. There's been plenty of coverage of everything related

1:13.6

to Trump and related to the conviction and everything that went on inside the courtroom.

1:19.7

That's not what we're coming to you with this morning. We're coming to you with how this

1:22.5

will matter for Capitol Hill. The NRC had its best online fundraising day of the cycle Thursday after Donald

1:29.6

Trump was convicted on 34 felony counts in New York City. By late Thursday night, the NRC had raised

1:35.1

$300,000 surpassing the $175,000. It had raised on the day that Mike Johnson was elected Speaker of the House.

1:45.6

This is the kind of argument you'll hear from Republicans over the next few weeks and months,

1:48.9

that Trump's legal problems will solidify his support.

1:51.8

And an angry voter is a motivated voter.

1:54.5

Now, I have a tough time buying into the argument that anyone being convicted of anything is a good thing. I'm sorry.

2:03.9

I just don't have, I don't believe that, generally speaking. But I will say this, in addition to that,

2:09.9

backing up that case, all these voters that had been voting for Nikki Haley for the last couple of

2:16.9

primaries, 20% of Republican primary voters in some

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