“It’s a net positive every single time because it thrusts him back to the top of the news cycle as a martyr,” one Republican strategist said. “The base is certainly energized by having a fight to engage. They see the DOJ and the Biden administration as waging a war against the former Republican president.”
What a bizarre world where an indictment makes you more popular to voters.
He simply must lose in order to help break this fever. Political scientists say that a party that loses 3 elections eventually has to moderate itself, and in 2016 the GOP was so very close, with Paul Ryan having pre planned speeches and policies to roll out after Trump’s expected loss.