Ginsberg: The Polls Say that Even Independent Voters Are Sympathetic to the Fact that Trump’s Political Opponents Are Putting Him on Trial Close to Election

BURNETT: “So, Ben, Trump has repeatedly tried to argue that even having to be in a courtroom for trial is election interference, right? He said that all these cases are election interference by the fact that they even exist. Here‘s just a couple of examples.”

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Trump: “I go to a lot of courthouses because of Biden, because they’re using that for election interference.

Instead of being in South Carolina and other states campaigning, I‘m stuck here. It’s an election interference case. Nobody‘s ever seen anything like it in this country. It’s a disgrace.”

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BURNETT: “Obviously, Ben, I should point out, you know, he was there by choice in that case. But multiple judges have rejected the claim, right? The point that he‘s making. Do you have any worries, though, Ben, of how it may look to voters the closer we get to Election Day?”

GINSBERG: “Yeah, absolutely. I mean, what Donald Trump has shown is that this can become a prime ingredient of his campaign. That he can play the victim. And there is a certain element that shows up in the polling that says people, even independent voters voters are sympathetic to the fact that his political opponents are putting him on trial so close to the election. So this is a fraught moment really for the way the campaign plays out, for the democracy in general.”