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Will a Porn Actor Save Our Democracy on November 5? [1]

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Date: 2024-06-08  

Donald Trump is now the first former American president to be convicted of felony crimes. On May 30, 2024, a New York jury found him guilty of all 34 charges related to a scheme to illegally influence the 2016 election through a hush money payment to Stormy Daniels, a porn actor who testified that they had a sexual encounter. It seems Trump's misogynist past may have finally caught up with him.

Incomprehensibly, Trump’s campaign announced that it had raised nearly $53 million within 24 hours of his felony conviction. While it is too early to predict the impact of these convictions on the upcoming presidential election, looking back, perhaps Stormy Daniels played a role in preserving democracy by disproving Trump’s boast : "I could stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shoot somebody, and I wouldn't lose any voters, OK?"

The " 2024 Presidential Greatness Project Expert Survey " ranks Trump last, while Joe Biden is rated fourteenth. Despite being a convicted felon and facing three other criminal indictments, two impeachments, a $5 million sexual abuse judgment, and a $2 million charity abuse judgment, Trump remains the presumptive GOP presidential nominee. His fake charity and university were shut down, and he has 26 sexual assault allegations pending. Additionally, his six bankruptcies cast doubt on his self-proclaimed business prowess. Trump certainly earned his ranking.

The Washington Post documented that Trump made 30,573 untrue statements during his presidency. This raises the question: how could such a deceitful and duplicitous figure win the White House and retain the loyalty of so many voters?

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