Pollster Frank Luntz just lately warned that New York Attorney General Letitia James’ efforts to grasp former President Donald Trump’s homes may just devastate Democrats within the upcoming election.
The ex-president just lately did not protected the $464 million enchantment bond he wanted within the fresh New York civil fraud judgment in opposition to him. In a Monday court docket submitting, Trump’s felony crew mentioned getting the amount of cash wanted used to be a “practical impossibility under the circumstances presented.”
James has threatened to grasp Trump’s belongings and steered that the previous president must protected all the price via promoting off his actual property holdings – which his lawyer Clifford S. Robert known as “unconstitutional.”
TRUMP LEGAL TEAM BLASTS ‘UNCONSTITUTIONAL’ ATTEMPTS TO FORCE PROPERTY SALE AS DEADLINE FOR $454M FINE NEARS
“It would be completely illogical — and the definition of an unconstitutional Excessive Fine and a Taking — to require Defendants to sell properties at all, and especially in a ‘fire sale,’ in order to be able to appeal the lawless Supreme Court judgment, as that would cause harm that cannot be repaired once the Defendants do win, as is overwhelmingly likely, on appeal,” Robert wrote.
Pollster Frank Luntz just lately warned that the New York civil fraud judgment in opposition to Trump may just finally end up hurting Democrats this yr. (Getty Images)
During a Friday evening look on CNN, Luntz asserted that any efforts to grasp Trump’s belongings will break Biden’s probabilities of being reelected in November.
“I want you to remember this moment, and don’t forget it,” the pollster started. “If the New York attorney general starts to take his homes away, starts to seize his assets, it’s all going to be on camera….You’re going to create the greatest victimhood of 2024, and you’re going to elect Donald Trump.”
The marketing campaign skilled mentioned that such efforts would spice up Trump’s rankings and assist him protected the presidency.
“If they take his stuff, he’s going to say that this is proof that the federal government and the establishment and the swamp in Washington…that this is a conspiracy to deny him the presidency,” he persisted. “He’s going to go up in the polls just like he went up every single time they indicted him.”
NY AG ASKS COURT TO IGNORE TRUMP CLAIM THAT POSTING $464M BOND IS ‘PRACTICAL IMPOSSIBILITY’
New York Attorney General Letitia James mentioned she is “prepared” to invite the pass judgement on to grasp former President Donald Trump’s belongings if he can not pay the $354 million judgment passed down in his civil fraud case. (Getty Images)
Luntz, who has labored as a Republican political strategist, went as far as to name the forty fifth president’s critics “stupid.”
“In the seven swing states, Trump is up by the margin of error in five out of seven. Why is that happening? Because his critics are stupid and they’re running a horrible campaign,” he argued.
“And for those people who do not want Donald Trump back, they should be thankful that the people who are orchestrating his loss are as pathetic and they don’t understand the American people.”
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Former President Donald Trump speaks at his caucus evening match, with sons Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr. having a look on, on the Iowa Events Center on January 15, 2024 in Des Moines, Iowa. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)
A Fox News Poll launched on Mar. 3 discovered that Trump recently has a 2-point benefit over Biden. The presidential election will happen on Nov. 5.
Fox News Digital’s Brooke Singman contributed to this file.
