Americans across the country reacted to to former President Trump's conviction in New York with a mixture of outrage, jubilation and shoulder-shrugging.
Americans across the country reacted to the stunning conviction Thursday of Donald Trump in his landmark criminal trial in New York, as he became the first former U.S. president and presumptive major party nominee to be found guilty of a crime. The verdict has potentially massive political and societal implications with the presidential election just over five months away, or it could be greeted with a shrug by the American public.
It's election interference,' he said. 'We have a frontrunner in all the polls. He's actually beating Biden, and they've gone after Trump in multiple states.' Chase, also from Birmingham, Mich., said the verdict was a 'complete failure of our justice system.' 'I think it makes Trump stronger with his base,' he added. Outside the courthouse in Manhattan, a Trump supporter who said he was a native New Yorker called the verdict 'despicable.
Michael, from Staten Island, N.Y., praised the verdict and wouldn't comment on the political consequences of the conviction. 'I think it's the right verdict,' he said. 'I think it shows that our system of justice works, whether you're rich or you're poor … it's a jury of his peers, and I think it's a great result for New York and for America.' 'To me today is about justice, it's not about politics,' he added.
won't vote for him, but I think he will win,' she said. 'I don't think it will have any impact, because people, they're going to vote for who they want to vote for, and if they think he's the guy that they want to be in office, they're going to vote for him, no matter what.' Jay, a native of Peoria, Ill., said 'if you commit a crime, you go to jail for it.' He predicted that the conviction would hurt Trump's chances in November.
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