{"id":1031707,"date":"2024-05-14T15:34:20","date_gmt":"2024-05-14T15:34:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1031707"},"modified":"2024-05-23T19:54:50","modified_gmt":"2024-05-23T19:54:50","slug":"donald-trump-calls-in-emotional-support","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/donald-trump-calls-in-emotional-support\/","title":{"rendered":"Donald Trump Calls In Emotional Support"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"341\" width=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/War-Room-Master-Image.png?w=1024\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1031397\" srcset=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/War-Room-Master-Image.png 1500w, https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/War-Room-Master-Image.png?resize=300,100 300w, https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/War-Room-Master-Image.png?resize=768,256 768w, https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/War-Room-Master-Image.png?resize=1024,341 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>As Donald Trump <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Acyn\/status\/1790375412557873472\"><em>receives<\/em><\/a><em> emotional support in New York today from his <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/finnygo\/status\/1790362095726252511\"><em>desperate MAGA minions<\/em><\/a><em>, <\/em><strong><em>DNC Rapid Response Director Alex Floyd released the following statement:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cDonald Trump is convening the saddest posse of MAGA loyalists in Lower Manhattan today, desperate for emotional support and political cover as he spends another week tending to his personal affairs rather than talking to actual voters. Trump\u2019s pathetic band of MAGA extremists seemingly have nothing better to do than echo Trump\u2019s lies and nod approvingly in the background \u2013 because they certainly aren\u2019t doing their day jobs of serving their constituents or running a functional political operation. If deploying this motley crew of cranks and conspiracy theorists was the Trump campaign\u2019s ham-handed attempt to divert attention from their candidate\u2019s disappearance from the campaign trail, they\u2019re in for a stormy six months ahead.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>MAGA Mike Johnson, Doug Burgum, Lara Trump, Byron Donalds, and Vivek Ramaswamy are all flocking to Donald Trump\u2019s side today.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Politics\/trump-allies-potential-vp-contenders-flock-manhattan-courthouse\/story?id=110183910\">ABC News<\/a>: \u201cTrump allies, potential VP contenders flock to Manhattan courthouse\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kaitlancollins\/status\/1790374180912775453\">Kaitlan Collins, CNN<\/a>: \u201cA packed front two rows of the courtroom and a stark change from how this trial started: Gov. Doug Burgum, Vivek Ramaswamy, RNC co-chair (and Trump daughter-in-law) Lara Trump, Eric Trump, Rep. Byron Donalds and Rep. Cory Mills are all here today. No sign of Speaker Johnson yet.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Trump is spending his time golfing at Mar-a-Lago or in backroom fundraisers with billionaires rather than talking to voters on the campaign trail.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2023\/07\/01\/trump-2024-campaign-events\">Axios<\/a>: \u201cTrump&#8217;s basement campaign\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/trump-biden-2024-strategy-a542c061048ed8556a4955e83b480ec9\">Associated Press<\/a>: \u201cAs Biden tours the country and visits swing states, Trump is fundraising and playing golf\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/2024-election\/trump-tells-billionaires-ll-keep-taxes-low-50-million-fundraising-gala-rcna146748\">NBC News<\/a>: \u201cTrump tells billionaires he&#8217;ll keep their taxes low at $50 million fundraising gala\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/05\/11\/politics\/trump-schedule-court-campaign\/index.html\">CNN<\/a>: \u201cTrump has spent most of his court-free days without public campaign events\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/trump-claimed-trial-interferes-with-his-campaign-but-on-his-day-off-he-went-golfing\">Daily Beast<\/a>: \u201cTrump Claimed Trial Interferes With His Campaign, but on His Day Off He Went Golfing\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2024\/05\/08\/trump-nft-dinner-trial-2024-election-campaign\">Axios<\/a>: \u201cTrump to dine with NFT buyers on day off from court\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As Donald Trump receives emotional support in New York today from his desperate MAGA minions, DNC Rapid Response Director Alex Floyd released the following statement: \u201cDonald Trump is convening the saddest posse of MAGA loyalists in Lower Manhattan today, desperate for emotional support and political cover as he spends another week tending to his personal [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":263,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1031707","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.0 - 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