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SEALED LIPS: VULNERABLE SENATE DEMOCRATS DODGE TRUMP’S GUILTY VERDICT



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Mum’s the word on former President Donald Trump’s guilty verdict for most Senate
Democrats facing swing-state reelections next year, a departure from their
progressive colleagues who welcomed the historic conviction.

The strategy on such a contentious issue underscores the potential
vulnerabilities presenting more than a half-dozen Democrats in battleground
Senate races, any one of which could determine control of the chamber.



Neither the offices nor campaigns of Sens. Jacky Rosen (D-NV), Sherrod Brown
(D-OH), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), and Bob Casey (D-PA) responded to requests for
comment Friday to the Manhattan jury convicting Trump on Thursday of 34 felony
counts in his New York hush money trial.

A spokesperson for Sen. Jon Tester (D-MT) told the Washington Examiner in a
statement, “Sen. Tester respects the judicial process and believes everyone
should be treated fairly before the courts, and voters will have the opportunity
to make their voices heard at the ballot box in November.”

Democratic strategist Hank Sheinkopf, who’s advised former President Bill
Clinton, told the Washington Examiner that a quiet approach is a smart political
tactic clearly designed to avoid turning off voters.



“Why put your neck in a noose if you don’t have to?” Sheinkopf said. “If you’re
in trouble in the first case, why would you do something that would alienate a
significant portion of the population?”

The campaign arm of Senate Republicans pummeled with criticism Tester and Brown,
both red-state Democrats whom the GOP sees as their best path to a Senate
majority. The National Republican Senatorial Committee urged them both to leave
the Democratic Party over a “corrupt show trial.”

“Two-Faced Tester voted to impeach President Trump twice and encouraged physical
violence against Trump,” NRSC communications director Mike Berg said. “Now,
Two-Faced Tester is trying to fool voters into thinking he isn’t the Trump hater
he was so proud to be for the last five years.”

On Brown, NRSC spokesman Philip Letsou suggested he “kiss his political career
goodbye” unless the Democrat leaves the party.



“Staying silent like a coward isn’t an option,” Letsou said.

Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) speaks during a Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban
Affairs Committee oversight hearing on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2023, in
Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Senate Democrats’s campaign arm, the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee,
did not release a statement on the verdict. A spokesperson did not respond to a
request for comment.

Democrats running for Senate in open seats were more outspoken than the
incumbents.

In Michigan, leading Democratic candidate Rep. Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) called
Trump’s verdict “an unprecedented moment, and a sad one for our country.”



“Presidents should be leaders we look up to; now, one of them is a convicted
felon, found guilty by a jury of his peers. That’s nothing to celebrate,”
Slotkin said. “The only good news is that our justice system worked, even under
enormous pressure. Every American, even a former president, must be held
accountable under the law. That principle is foundational to our country and
more important than any one president, candidate, or campaign.”

In Arizona, leading Democratic candidate Rep. Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) offered a
similar but more concise message.

“I respect our justice system and the rule of law,” Gallego said. “The process
played out, and we should always demand accountability from our elected
leaders.”

Republicans and Trump were quick to denounce the guilty verdict on Thursday,
assailing the process as “corrupt,” “rigged,” and a “two-tiered system of
justice.” In a campaign fundraising email, the presumptive GOP presidential
nominee declared himself a “political prisoner.”

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Democrats professed the outcome was a win for “the rule of law” and the American
justice system.

Trump will face sentencing July 11 at 10 a.m., just four days before the
Republican National Convention commences.

Washington Examiner
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