Fox’s Martha MacCallum Reacts to Blowout Verdict Against Trump: ‘If Anything, It Has a Positive Impact’ on His Campaign
Martha MacCallum reacted to Friday’s eye-popping verdict against former President Donald Trump by casting it as a “positive” development for his presidential campaign.
Judge Arthur Engoron ordered Trump to pay $354 million in the former president’s New York civil trial after he and the Trump Organization were found liable for defrauding banks and insurance companies last year. Trump’s sons Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump, who serve as executives at the Trump Organization, were fined $4 million each.
On Friday’s edition of The Story on Fox News, guest and Fox anchor Shannon Bream said that the case “looks political” because New York Attorney General Letitia James, who prosecuted the case, pledged to go after Trump while campaigning for her position.
“So, regardless of how you feel about the outcome, when the president – former president – and his supporters have this argument that it’s political, it certainly looks that way, especially with the clips you played earlier,” said Bream, who noted that she spoke with Republican voters in Iowa and New Hampshire claiming they will stand by Trump if he is indicted or convicted in the unrelated four criminal cases against him.
“Now, there is some softening there if he’s convicted on a criminal charge,” she continued. “But this new polling we have out of critical states – New Hampshire and Michigan this week – found that more Biden supporters are worried about his mental acuity than Trump supporters are worried about his legal issues. So again, this will rally most of the base to him.”
MacCallum agreed with the assessment:
You’re absolutely right, Shannon. There’s no indication in any of the polling that this has a negative impact on the Trump campaign. If anything, it has a positive impact because when they see him under attack in some element of their own lives, you know, many people feel like they understand what it’s like to be under the thumb of the government or of the law in one way or the other. And they rally to him and support him, which has been a fascinating political phenomenon to watch.
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