We live in a golden age of conspiracy theories, most of which ought to be taken calmly.
The Mossad killed Jeffrey Epstein in his prison cell — where he was left alone for days on end to ponder his fate as a toddler abuser?
Unlikely.
The meme stock AMC, losing money and preparing the mother of all dilutions, is being manipulated down by a cabal of evil hedge funds?
Sorry, but AMC shares don’t need assistance falling.
Over last weekend, nevertheless, some interesting chatter began to spread within the run-up to Manhattan DA’s Alvin Bragg indictment of Donald Trump, our former president who’s running once more: The indictment is a plot by a partisan Democratic prosecutor to get Joe Biden re-elected in 2024.
Again — I don’t put much weight into conspiracy theories, but this one deserves some attention.
Big GOP donors want fresh blood at the highest of the ticket.
Trump’s failure in 2020, the failure of most of his handpicked candidates since and his noxious behavior (Jan. 6 and rather a lot more before and after) turns off most voters except the GOP base.
They think everyone — anyone — on the GOP side can beat Sleepy Joe in 2024 except Trump: Are you able to imagine Biden attempting to worm his way out of his bungling of the border, the Afghanistan withdrawal, and “transitory inflation” against someone as sharp as Ron DeSantis?
Unlike Trump, the Florida governor is self-aware enough to permit Biden to stumble his option to defeat on the talk stage.
A lot of the smart people in Democratic Party agree that Biden is vulnerable against anyone except the dude within the news these days.
That’s why one major GOP donor and government-affairs exec at an enormous financial firm I spoke to believes “Bragg and the Dems are doing this to make Trump win” the GOP nomination.
Polls show Joe Biden triumphing again in a 2024 matchup against Trump. Getty Images
Rally ’round Ron
And he’s not alone, in line with other conversations with Republican contributors in recent days. Yes, the massive money continues to be attempting to rally around DeSantis because they so desperately need to win the presidency, the House and the Senate in 2024, which they feel shall be goners if Trump is the nominee.
But they’re seeing their best shot at winning slip away. By last Wednesday, after the spectacle of Trump’s indictment and Bragg’s own unconvincing explanation of it, their panic really set in: Base voters began flocking to Trump with donations, and if you happen to consider the polls, their support is making him the clear front-runner for the nomination.
As for the broader electorate: The identical polls show an exhaustion with Trump, the will for fresh blood at the highest of each tickets, which is why the Biden individuals are weaponizing Bragg to make Trump the GOP nominee, donors tell me.
Not that Trump cares that he’s organising himself and the party for giant losses in 2024. His nascent presidential run is already a self-centered, score-keeping exercise.
Yes, he looked grim within the courtroom for his arraignment Tuesday, but if you happen to know him, you furthermore mght know he’s loving the eye since it pushes DeSantis and other plausible challengers out of the news cycle for the foreseeable future.
Alvin Bragg has been accused of a politically-motivated case against Trump. AP
‘Turn ’em loose’ Bragg
It might help secure him the nomination, but little else.
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This will not be to say that base voters don’t have good reason to be indignant. Alvin Bragg is singularly the least credible prosecutor within the country to bring this case.
He’s an affirmed anti-law enforcement, George Soros-backed zealot.
He lets felons walk the streets of Manhattan to terrorize hardworking Latest Yorkers within the name of “social justice.”
Recall how last yr we chronicled town business community’s anger at his policy that turned a blind eye to prosecuting violent crimes; average people working within the financial sector taking the subways were murdered, randomly.
Subway crime stats haven’t gotten a lot better since, because of Bragg.
As for his Trump indictment, it’s a dopey case unless your motive is something apart from justice: A mere $130,000 in hush money that Trump allegedly paid years ago to a porn star to maintain a tryst quiet isn’t a criminal offense price many years in prison, much less Bragg’s perverted felony charges.
Again take this conspiracy theory seriously. Notice, there’s not much talk within the media about Ron DeSantis, Nikki Haley or Mike Pompeo in the times following Bragg’s Trump gambit.
It’s just the best way Trump likes it.
Donald Trump has seen a surge in donations and polling following his indictment. REUTERS
Ditto for Alvin Bragg and Sleepy Joe Biden.
