Keller @ Large: Could Indictments Lead To Another Trump Presidency?

By Jon Keller, CBS Boston

August 9, 2023

WINDHAM, N.H. - Former President Donald Trump returned to New Hampshire on Tuesday to deliver a speech advertised as focusing on issues of concern to veterans and the military. And he took the opportunity to tout his management of foreign affairs and the Veterans Administration, drawing unflattering comparisons with President Joe Biden's handling of the same, and to make a vow: "We will abolish every Biden COVID mandate and rehire every patriot who was fired by our military with an apology and with back pay."

But Trump couldn't stay on message very long before returning to the multiple indictments he's facing. "We built the economy twice; we built the greatest economy in the world, and then we did it a second time after COVID [sic], but these incredible numbers are the primary reason why crooked Joe Biden has weaponized law enforcement," he told the crowd at Windham High School.

That was a reference to the latest polling of New Hampshire Republicans, which shows Trump enjoying close to five times more support than his nearest competitors. When the pollsters asked about Trump's legal troubles, more than six in 10 said they'd vote for him even if he's convicted of a felony, while nearly that many said they'd back Trump if he was incarcerated.

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