{"id":1035270,"date":"2024-06-11T00:45:10","date_gmt":"2024-06-11T00:45:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1035270"},"modified":"2024-06-11T00:47:20","modified_gmt":"2024-06-11T00:47:20","slug":"donald-trumps-wild-west-woes-dnc-billboards-in-phoenix-las-vegas-slam-convicted-crook-as-unfit-to-lead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/donald-trumps-wild-west-woes-dnc-billboards-in-phoenix-las-vegas-slam-convicted-crook-as-unfit-to-lead\/","title":{"rendered":"DONALD TRUMP\u2019S WILD WEST WOES: DNC Billboards in Phoenix, Las Vegas Slam Convicted Crook as Unfit to Lead"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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This past week, the Democratic National Committee slammed Donald Trump as unfit to lead as he held his first post-conviction campaign events in Phoenix and Las Vegas with billboard campaigns welcoming him to the cities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Trump spread more lies about his record as president and fanned the flames of hatred and division, voters were reminded of his quest for revenge and retribution and how he ripped off working families while looking out only for himself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAs he returned to the campaign trail after weeks of absence, Donald Trump\u2019s wild west campaign tour was an abject failure as he desperately tried to paper over his disastrous record. Voters in Nevada and Arizona saw him for exactly who he is: a criminal who ripped them off during his presidency,\u201d said DNC Spokesperson Abhi Rahman. <\/strong>\u201cAs Trump continues his campaign of retribution and pushes a dangerous economic agenda economists warn will \u2018spike\u2019 prices and leave working families in the dust, voters will remember him as a good-for-nothing, white-collar crook that is only looking out for himself and his billionaire donors. Arizonans and Nevadans know that Trump is unfit for office, and they\u2019ll reject him at the ballot box once again this November.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Take a look at some of the coverage: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

IN ARIZONA:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

MSNBC<\/strong><\/a>: <\/strong>\u201cThe DNC is going on the attack\u2026 just right now, in the battleground state of Arizona, they launched a billboard campaign in Phoenix. It reads\u2026 \u2018Trump already attacked Arizona\u2019s Democracy once. Now he\u2019s back as a convicted felon.\u2019 It\u2019s the first time we\u2019ve seen them lean into that phrase.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

CBS News<\/strong><\/a>: DNC to unveil new billboard calling Trump a \u201cconvicted felon\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[Olivia Rinaldi, 06\/06\/24]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe Democratic National Committee is sharpening its attacks against former President Donald Trump, preparing for the first time to unveil a new political advertisement which will refer to Trump as a \u2018convicted felon\u2019 after a Manhattan jury last week found Trump guilty of 34 counts of falsifying business records in his \u2018hush money\u2019 trial. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe move from the DNC will be unveiled Thursday in the form of a billboard near Trump’s scheduled campaign event in Phoenix, Arizona, CBS News has learned. Trump will be participating in a town-hall style conversation with Turning Point Action CEO Charlie Kirk, marking Trump’s first official campaign stop since the verdict came down. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe billboard, which has an English and Spanish version, reads: \u2018Trump already attacked Arizona’s Democracy once. Now he’s back as a convicted felon. He’s out for revenge and retribution. Trump. Unfit to Serve.\u2019 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt is the first time the DNC is using the language \u2018convicted felon\u2019 in paid advertising since the Manhattan criminal trial. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c\u2018If Trump, now a convicted felon, wins in November, he pledges to be a dictator \u2018on day one\u2019 in order to implement his agenda of revenge and retribution: stoking political violence while attacking Arizonans’ reproductive and democratic rights,\u2019 said Abhi Rahman, deputy communications director for the DNC.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n


Axios<\/strong><\/a>: Scoop: DNC billboard tags Trump as \u201cconvicted felon\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[Stef W. Kight and Hans Nichols, 06\/06\/24]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe Democratic National Committee is escalating its attacks on former President Trump as a \u2018convicted felon,\u2019 with a billboard that will greet him outside of Phoenix today when he attends his first post-conviction event there, Axios has learned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why it matters: It’s the DNC’s first paid ad using \u2018convicted felon\u2019 \u2014 and another clear indication that Biden’s campaign will seize upon Trump’s criminal conviction in framing voters’ choice in the Nov. 5 election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Forbes<\/strong><\/a>: Biden And Top Democrats Call Trump A \u2018Convicted Felon\u2019 At Least 24 Times Since Verdict<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[Sara Dorn, 06\/07\/24]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cPresident Joe Biden, his campaign and prominent Democrats have increasingly used the term \u2018convicted felon\u2019 to refer to former President Donald Trump since his historic conviction in Manhattan last Thursday \u2014 a label the Biden-Harris campaign gave Trump moments after the guilty verdict.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe Democratic National Committee ran billboards in Phoenix ahead of Trump\u2019s rally there on Thursday, labeling him a \u2018convicted felon\u2019 who is \u2018out for revenge and retribution,\u2019 and accusing him of having \u2018already attacked Arizona\u2019s democracy once,\u2019 a reference to his unfounded claims of election fraud and alleged role in a \u2018fake electors\u2019 scheme in the state.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Washington Examiner<\/strong><\/a>: DNC launches first billboard blasting Trump as a \u2018convicted felon\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[Mabinty Quarshie, 06\/06\/24]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe Democratic National Committee unveiled a new billboard campaign in Arizona, a key battleground state, labeling former President Donald Trump a \u2018convicted felon\u2019 following a guilty verdict during his New York hush money trial last week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe English and Spanish billboards will be displayed in Phoenix, where Trump is set to hold a town hall with Turning Point Action CEO Charlie Kirk later Thursday afternoon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe event marks the former president\u2019s first campaign stop since a 12-member Manhattan jury found that Trump falsified business records related to an alleged affair with porn star Stormy Daniels ahead of the 2016 election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s also the first time the DNC is launching a paid advertisement playing up Trump\u2019s status as a felon.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meidas Touch<\/strong><\/a>: DNC Unveils \u2018Convicted Felon\u2019 Billboard Near Trump Rally<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[Troy Matthews, 06\/06\/24]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe Democratic National Committee unveiled their first paid advertising calling out Trump for being a convicted felon Thursday, and they put it only miles from a Trump campaign rally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe billboard, paid for by the DNC, says \u2018Trump already attacked Arizona’s democracy once. Now he’s back as a convicted felon. He’s out for revenge and retribution. Trump: unfit to serve.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Copper Courier<\/strong><\/a>: \u2018Convicted felon\u2019 billboard welcomes Trump back to Arizona<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[Camaron Stevenson, 06\/06\/24]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cTypically, political attack ads labeling candidates as crooks and criminals are little more than fictitious mudslinging \u2014 but when a criminal conviction is on the books, all bets are off.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSuch is the case with a new billboard unveiled in Phoenix Thursday morning. The Democratic National Committee put it out on the day former President Donald Trump makes his first visit to Arizona in nearly two years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c\u2018Trump already attacked Arizona\u2019s democracy once,\u2019 the billboard reads. \u2018Now he\u2019s back as a convicted felon.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe sign references two pivotal moments in US history: the first, when the Trump campaign allegedly conspired with Republicans in Arizona and several other states to take votes that went to Joe Biden in 2020 and give them to Trump \u2014 known as the fake elector scheme \u2014 and the second, when Trump was found guilty on 34 felony counts in New York last month. The former president\u2019s visit to Arizona rests between this ruling and his sentencing \u2014 which could include a prison sentence of up to four years \u2014 scheduled for July 11.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

IN NEVADA:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

MSNBC<\/strong><\/a>: <\/strong>\u201c…While Trump avoided referencing his conviction in Las Vegas, Democrats didn\u2019t. The DNC installed a billboard near the rally location that said, \u2018Trump was a disaster for Nevada\u2019s economy. Now he\u2019s back.\u2019 They called him \u2018a convicted white-collar crook\u2019 who was \u2018unfit to serve.\u2019\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Guardian<\/strong><\/a>: DNC targets Trump campaign rally with \u2018convicted white-collar crook\u2019 billboard<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[David Smith, 06\/08\/24]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDemocrats will target Donald Trump\u2019s first full-scale campaign rally since his criminal trial with a billboard that brands him \u2018a convicted white-collar crook.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe ad, paid for by the Democratic National Committee (DNC), is the latest indication that the party is ready to become more aggressive in capitalising on last month\u2019s guilty verdict in New York.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c\u2018Trump was a disaster for Nevada\u2019s economy,\u2019 says the billboard, which will be displayed in Las Vegas, where Trump is due to speak on Sunday. \u2018Now he\u2019s back. A convicted white-collar crook. Coddling billionaires, leaving workers behind.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[…]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe Las Vegas billboard attempts to tie Trump\u2019s criminal record to his economic one, portraying him as a \u2018white-collar crook\u2019 who ripped off Nevada\u2019s working class when he was president. The phrase also has echoes of the \u2018Crooked Hillary\u2019 label that proved effective for Trump during the 2016 campaign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cStephanie Justice, a DNC spokesperson, said: \u2018As Donald Trump returns to Nevada this weekend for the first time as a convicted felon, voters will remember this crook left Nevada\u2019s workers out to dry as president.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c\u2018After promising to take care of Nevada\u2019s middle class, he implemented a tax scam that made the ultra-wealthy and corporations wealthier off the backs of working families, repeatedly attacked unions and sat back as Nevada bled tens of thousands of jobs.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cJustice added: \u2018Now he\u2019s promising tax handouts to his billionaire donors instead of putting the interests of working Nevadans first. Nevada voters know that Trump is too corrupt and unfit to serve, and will reject him again in 2024.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n


Politico<\/strong><\/a>: DNC billboard knocks Trump as \u2018convicted white-collar crook\u2019 ahead of campaign rally<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[Jared Mitovich, 06\/08\/24]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cA billboard knocking Donald Trump as a \u2018convicted white-collar crook\u2019 will greet the former president during his first visit as a felon to Sin City, where he will hold a campaign rally on Sunday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe ad, displayed along an interstate in Las Vegas a few miles from the rally site and paid for by the Democratic National Committee, hits Trump on two levels \u2014 as corrupt and criminal \u2014 as the party becomes increasingly combative in attacking his criminal and economic record.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c\u2018Trump was a disaster for Nevada\u2019s economy. Now he\u2019s back,\u2019 reads the billboard \u2014 which makes no explicit mention of President Joe Biden. \u2018A convicted white-collar crook. Coddling billionaires, leaving workers behind.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rolling Stone<\/strong><\/a>: DNC Trolls Trump with \u2018Convicted White-Collar Crook\u2019 Billboard Ahead of Vegas Rally<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[Peter Wade, 06\/09\/24]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cTHE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL Committee is rolling out a special welcome for Donald Trump as he arrives in Las Vegas for a rally Sunday: a billboard calling him a \u2018convicted white-collar crook.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c\u2018Trump was a disaster for Nevada\u2019s economy. Now he\u2019s back. A convicted white-collar crook. Coddling billionaires, leaving workers behind,\u2019 reads the sign, which is located on an interstate a few miles from the location of the former president\u2019s upcoming rally, according to Politico.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhen Trump left office in Jan. 2021, Nevada unemployment was at 8.9 percent \u2014 nearly four points higher than it is now \u2014 and it\u2019s clear the DNC wants to remind voters of that fact.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Washington Examiner<\/strong><\/a>: DNC billboard attack ad to greet Trump as \u2018convicted white-collar crook\u2019 in Nevada<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[Jenny Goldsberry, 06\/08\/24]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cFormer President Donald Trump will be in Nevada on Sunday, as will a billboard attacking him for his status as a convicted felon, paid for by the Democratic National Committee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe attack ad comes after a Manhattan jury found Trump guilty on all 34 felony counts of falsifying business records last week. While the former president has committed to appealing the verdict within the 30-day limit, the DNC is knocking him for the conviction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c\u2018Trump was a disaster for Nevada\u2019s economy,\u2019 the billboard reads. \u2018Now he\u2019s back. A convicted white-collar crook. Coddling billionaires, leaving workers behind.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDNC spokeswoman Stephanie Justice cited the Nevada Republican Party\u2019s own bylaw, Article 16, which forbids the party from supporting a felon. The most recent set of rules was enacted in 2022, before Trump\u2019s trials made it to any docket.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c\u2018After attacking Nevada voters\u2019 rights \u2013 from spreading dangerous election lies to undermining Nevadans\u2019 votes in frivolous suits \u2013 the Nevada GOP continues to prove that nothing will stop them from supporting Donald Trump, not even their own rules that forbid them from supporting a convicted felon,\u2019 Justice said in a statement. \u2018Now, the NV GOP is making the embarrassing admission that they knew all along Trump would be convicted and ripped out the \u2018convicted felon\u2019 clause of their platform to make an exception for him, showing Nevada voters that there\u2019s no end to their corruption.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Raw Story<\/strong><\/a>: Trump to be greeted with \u2018crook\u2019 billboard in Las Vegas before first post-verdict rally<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[Carl Gibson, 06\/08\/24]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cFormer President Donald Trump will speak at a campaign rally in Las Vegas, Nevada this weekend, marking his first official rally since he was convicted of 34 felonies in New York. And the Democratic National Committee (DNC) is planning to greet Trump supporters with a new billboard reminding them of his criminal record.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe Guardian reported that the anti-Trump billboard is going up just in time for his Sunday rally in the Silver State’s largest city. The billboard reads: \u2018Trump was a disaster for Nevada\u2019s economy. Now he\u2019s back. A convicted white-collar crook. Coddling billionaires, leaving workers behind. DONALD TRUMP: UNFIT TO SERVE.\u2019 The portion reading \u2018convicted white-collar crook\u2019 is highlighted.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Nevada Independent<\/strong><\/a>: Trump stays out of Senate primary in Vegas rally; pans Biden border policy as \u2018bullshit\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[Eric Neugeboren and Gabby Birenbaum, 06\/09\/24]<\/p>\n\n\n\n


\u201cDemocrats have hammered Trump in recent days, with the Democratic National Committee launching billboards in Las Vegas on Saturday, calling Trump a \u2018convicted white-collar crook\u2019 and a \u2018disaster for Nevada\u2019s economy.\u2019 The progressive group Battle Born Progress also released two mobile billboards on Trump\u2019s conviction and efforts to curtain abortion access.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

EN ESPA\u00d1OL:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Newslooks<\/strong><\/a>: El Comit\u00e9 Nacional Dem\u00f3crata Presenta Un Nuevo Cartel Que Llama A Donald Trump Un \u201cDelincuente Convicto\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[06\/06\/2024]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cEl Comit\u00e9 Nacional Dem\u00f3crata intensifica sus ataques contra el expresidente Donald Trump. prepar\u00e1ndose por primera vez para revelar un nuevo anuncio pol\u00edtico que se referir\u00e1 a Trump como un \u2018criminal convicto\u2019 despu\u00e9s de un jurado de Manhattan la semana pasada declar\u00f3 culpable a Trump de 34 cargos de falsificaci\u00f3n de registros comerciales en su juicio por \u201c\u2018dinero secreto.\u2019\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

[…]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cEl cartel se exhibir\u00e1 cerca del evento de campa\u00f1a de Trump en Phoenix, Arizona, marcando su primera parada oficial de campa\u00f1a desde el veredicto.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cEl cartel, tanto en ingl\u00e9s como en espa\u00f1ol, dice: \u2018Trump ya atac\u00f3 una vez la democracia de Arizona. Ahora ha vuelto como un delincuente convicto. Busca venganza y retribuci\u00f3n. Triunfo. No apto para servir.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Arroba Juarez<\/strong><\/a>: El Comit\u00e9 Nacional Dem\u00f3crata trollea a Trump con un cartel publicitario de \u2018criminal de cuello blanco convicto\u2019 antes del mitin en Las Vegas<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[Alfred Des Diaz, 06\/09\/24]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNacional Democr\u00e1tico El comit\u00e9 dio una bienvenida especial a Donald Trump cuando lleg\u00f3 a Las Vegas para un mitin el domingo: un cartel lo llamaba \u2018criminal de cuello blanco convicto.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c\u2018Trump es un desastre para la econom\u00eda de Nevada. Ahora ha vuelto. Un criminal de cuello blanco convicto. Mimar a los multimillonarios, dejar atr\u00e1s a los trabajadores,\u2019 dec\u00eda el cartel, ubicado en una carretera interestatal a varios kil\u00f3metros del lugar de la pr\u00f3xima manifestaci\u00f3n del ex presidente, seg\u00fan Politico.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cCuando Trump dej\u00f3 el cargo en enero de 2021, el desempleo en Nevada se dispar\u00f3 8,9 por ciento (casi cuatro puntos m\u00e1s que ahora) y est\u00e1 claro que el Comit\u00e9 Nacional Dem\u00f3crata quiere recordarles a los votantes ese hecho.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ofici Nista<\/strong><\/a>: El Comit\u00e9 Nacional Dem\u00f3crata apunta al mitin de campa\u00f1a de Trump con un cartel de \u201cdelincuente de cuello blanco condenado\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[Antonio Rosique, 06\/08\/24]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cLos dem\u00f3cratas apuntar\u00e1n al primer mitin de campa\u00f1a a gran escala de Donald Trump desde su juicio penal con un cartel que lo califica como \u2018un delincuente de cuello blanco convicto.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cEl anuncio, pagado por el Comit\u00e9 Nacional Dem\u00f3crata (DNC) es el \u00faltimo indicio de que el partido est\u00e1 dispuesto a ser m\u00e1s agresivo a la hora de capitalizar el veredicto de culpabilidad del mes pasado en Nueva York.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c\u2018Trump fue un desastre para la econom\u00eda de Nevada,\u2019 cube el cartel, que se exhibir\u00e1 en Las Vegas, donde Trump hablar\u00e1 el domingo. \u2018Ahora ha vuelto. Un delincuente de cuello blanco convicto. Mimar a los multimillonarios y dejar atr\u00e1s a los trabajadores.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meanwhile, as if having to campaign as a convicted felon wasn\u2019t embarrassing enough, the Nevada GOP is scrambling to change its bylaws so it can still support Donald Trump: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Nevada Independent<\/strong><\/a>: Nevada GOP\u2019s bylaws bar support for convicted felons. It made an exception for Trump.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[Tabitha Mueller, 06\/07\/24]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe Nevada Republican Party\u2019s bylaws explicitly prevent it from supporting convicted felons, but the party made a special exception for former President Donald Trump, who was convicted last week of 34 felony charges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe party is actively promoting a Trump campaign rally scheduled in Las Vegas this weekend and even went so far as to issue a statement defending Trump after the conviction was announced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c\u2018The partisan farce that unfolded today can be described as nothing short of a radicalized campaign stunt born of a highly conflicted trial,\u2019 the statement said at the time. \u2018We stand in complete support of President Donald J. Trump and resist the charges upheld in today\u2019s judgment.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cArticle 16 of the state party bylaws on the group\u2019s website stipulates that the party \u2018shall neither recognize nor support any candidate for public office who has been convicted of a felony or, while serving in a public office, was impeached and convicted or removed from office for any reason.\u2019<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe article, however, includes a provision that the party can waive the rule with a two-thirds majority vote of members and delegates present at the GOP state convention or the Nevada Republican Central Committee (NRCC). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIn a text message, Chairman Michael McDonald wrote that Trump is the Republican Party’s presumptive nominee and said the Nevada GOP\u2019s board met to waive the provisions of Article 16, which is still subject to ratification by the full NRCC at its next meeting.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMcDonald added that the party anticipates the \u2018sham results of the New York witch hunt trial\u2019 to be \u2018fully overturned on appeal.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c\u2018The NVGOP reiterates our full support and endorsement for Donald J Trump to replace Joe Biden as the 47th President of the United States,\u2019 McDonald said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cA spokesperson for the party did not reply to a text message asking when the board meeting took place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cRepresentatives from the state party agreed to an interview on Friday to discuss the bylaws and whether the two-thirds majority vote had taken place but did not follow through. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cA spokesperson said the party is busy with preparations for Trump\u2019s visit and was unable to give an interview.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Washington Post<\/strong><\/a>: Trump raises $27 million in Western states as he sets sights on Nevada<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[Maeve Reston, 06\/09\/24]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDonald Trump is campaigning in Nevada this weekend after a lucrative sweep of fundraisers that are expected to raise $27 million for his effort, according to a senior Trump campaign official, a week after he was convicted on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[…]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe Nevada Independent reported Friday that the Nevada Republican Party\u2019s bylaws prevent it from supporting a candidate who has been convicted of a felony, but members of the party met recently to waive those rules. The Nevada GOP chairman and other party officials did not respond to queries about the recent vote.\u201d
\u201c\u2018The Nevada GOP continues to prove that nothing will stop them from supporting Donald Trump, not even their own rules that forbid them from supporting a convicted felon,\u201d said DNC spokesperson Stephanie Justice. \u2018Nevadans are watching as the Nevada GOP digs itself deeper and deeper into a hole of extremism.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This past week, the Democratic National Committee slammed Donald Trump as unfit to lead as he held his first post-conviction campaign events in Phoenix and Las Vegas with billboard campaigns welcoming him to the cities. 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