{"id":15054,"date":"2024-06-10T18:10:24","date_gmt":"2024-06-11T01:10:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=15054"},"modified":"2024-06-10T18:19:16","modified_gmt":"2024-06-11T01:19:16","slug":"after-trumps-ny-convictions-gopers-suddenly-warm-to-voting-for-felons-bradcast-6102024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=15054","title":{"rendered":"After Trump&#8217;s NY Convictions, GOPers Suddenly Warm to Voting for Felons: &#8216;BradCast&#8217; 6\/10\/2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/BradBlog.com\/Images\/BradCast_TrumpInJail_061024.jpg\" hspace=\"6\" vspace=\"3\" border=\"0\" align=\"right\">In the months leading up to the disgraced former President&#8217;s recent felony convictions in New York, related to rigging the 2016 election in his favor, many Trump supporters told pollsters that they would reconsider their support for him if he was eventually convicted of a crime. As discussed on today&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/BradBlog.com\/BradCast\"><i>BradCast<\/i><\/a> (and warned about on many programs prior), that was just another MAGA lie. [<i>Audio link to full show follows this summary.<\/i>]\n<p>But, first up today, some big news over the weekend and then again just about an hour before airtime today&#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>On Sunday, Israeli centrist <b>Benny Gantz<\/b> quit <b>Israel<\/b>&#8216;s war Cabinet citing far-right Prime Minister <b>Benjamin Netanyahu<\/b> placing his own &#8220;political survival&#8221; above the country&#8217;s security interests. Gantz, the popular former chief of the Israel Defense Forces, had joined Netanyahu in a unity coalition after <b>Hamas<\/b>&#8216; October 7 attack on Israel. But more recently he vowed to leave if Netanyahu continued to refuse to formulate a plan for postwar <b>Gaza<\/b>. On Sunday, Gantz <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/israel-palestinians-hamas-gaza-netanyahu-gantz-48a4a60ccccdb7f74b4bf7816f9a7c67\">made good on that promise<\/a> though, ironically, his move now makes Netanyahu more beholden to his far-right coalition partners. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>In related news, just before air today, the <b>United Nations Security Council<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/un-security-council-vote-plan-israel-hamas-ceasefire-2024-06-10\/\">voted in favor<\/a> of an Israel\/Hamas peace proposal outlined and backed by <b>President Biden<\/b>. <b>Russia<\/b> abstained from the vote and the remaining 14 members of the Council all voted in favor of the resolution that seeks an immediate ceasefire, a return of all hostages and a permanent end to the eight-month war. Hamas welcomed the resolution. We will see if Netanyahu does the same. Don&#8217;t hold your breath.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>And, over the weekend, far-right political parties across Europe &#8212; particularly in <b>France<\/b>, <b>Germany<\/b> and <b>Italy<\/b> &#8212; made <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/eu-european-election-france-germany-far-right-f3823de802e9a90570abc53e7f6b6931\">significant gains in EU parliamentary elections<\/a>. While the center right is still expected to hold, the vote in favor of anti-migrant, anti-climate action factions has seriously shaken up the Eurozone and led to French President <b>Emmanuel Macron<\/b> dissolving the French government and calling for snap elections. The far-right&#8217;s parliamentary gains, according to some <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/2024\/06\/09\/europe-elections-right-wing-far-illiberal-politics\/\">analysts<\/a>, are tied to a failure of progressive voters to simply show up to vote. You have been warned. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Finally, with convicted felon <b>Donald Trump<\/b>&#8216;s sentencing in <b>New York<\/b> set for July 11, he was allowed to participate in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/donald-trump\/trump-probation-interview-monday-hush-money-conviction-rcna156219\">pre-sentencing probation interview<\/a> remotely on Monday with his attorney present. (Both are privileges that no other convict enjoys) But, where many Republicans told pollsters before his conviction that they would rethink their support of the former President if he was found guilty of felonies, polling since the unanimous verdict finding him guilty of 34 counts of falsifying records as part of a hush-money scheme to rig the 2016 election, finds that many of those same Republicans are suddenly very much in favor of felonious criminals running for office. (See <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ipsos.com\/en-us\/majority-believe-prosecution-donald-trump-upheld-rule-law-not-motivated-politics\">this<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/today.yougov.com\/politics\/articles\/49617-opinion-change-post-trump-hush-money-guilty-verdict\">this<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msnbc.com\/opinion\/msnbc-opinion\/biden-trump-conviction-polls-2024-rcna155882\">this<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/new-yahoo-newsyougov-poll-after-trump-felony-conviction-biden-leads-for-1st-time-in-months--but-not-by-much-193423583.html\">this<\/a>, for more details.) Go figure. We take some calls today from listeners on that point, including several Trump supporters who try to explain why they are still supporting him even after his felony convictions. It was remarkably enlightening&#8230;at least for me&#8230;and will probably be absolutely maddening to you (as it also was for me)&#8230;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote><p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\".\/Images\/Speaker_Icon_24.png\" style=\"width: 24px; float: none; vertical-align: middle;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px; line-height: 18px;\"> <b><i><a href=\"https:\/\/BradBlog.com\/audio\/BradCast_BradFriedman-TrumpProbationIntvw-IsraelGazaUN-TrumpCallers_061024.mp3\">CLICK TO LISTEN OR DOWNLOAD SHOW!&#8230;<\/a><\/i><\/b><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><center><b>* * *<\/b><\/center><i>While we post <a href=\"https:\/\/BradBlog.com\/BradCast\"><\/i>The BradCast<i><\/a> here every day, and you can hear it across all of our great affiliate stations and websites, to automagically get new episodes as soon as they&#8217;re available sent right to your computer or personal device, subscribe for free at <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/the-bradcast-w-brad-friedman\/id803467610\">iTunes<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pandora.com\/podcast\/the-bradcast-w-brad-friedman\/PC:1000025838\">Pandora<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/tunein.com\/radio\/The-BradCast-with-Brad-Friedman-p477565\/\">TuneIn<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.google.com\/feed\/aHR0cHM6Ly9icmFkYmxvZy5jb20vcG9kY2FzdGdlbi9icmFkY2FzdC9mZWVkLnhtbA\">Google<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/The-BradCast-w-Brad-Friedman\/dp\/B08JJRN86R\/ref=sr_1_1\">Amazon<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/podcastgen\/bradcast\/feed.xml\">our native RSS feed<\/a>!<\/i><\/p>\n<p><!--BB-DONATEPITCH-START--><\/p>\n<div style=\"background:#f5f0e0; border:2px solid #6b5a2e; border-radius:6px; padding:10px 14px; text-align:center; font-family:Georgia,serif;\"><span style=\"display:block; margin:0 0 8px 0; color:#3a2e0e; font-size:0.95em; line-height:1.5;\"><strong>The BRAD BLOG<\/strong>, <em>The BradCast<\/em> and <em>Green News Report<\/em> are all 100% independent and 100% listener and reader supported!<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/Donate\" style=\"display:inline-block; background:#6b5a2e; color:#ffffff; padding:6px 18px; border-radius:4px; font-weight:bold; text-decoration:none; font-family:Georgia,serif; font-size:0.9em;\">Please CLICK HERE to help support our work today!<\/a><\/div>\n<p><!--BB-DONATEPITCH-END--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the months leading up to the disgraced former President&#8217;s recent felony convictions in New York, related to rigging the 2016 election in his favor, many Trump supporters told pollsters that they would reconsider their support for him if he was eventually convicted of a crime. 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