Democrats and the leftist media are now hyping former President Donald Trump as a convicted felon following a Manhattan jury finding him guilty on all 34 counts in his business records trial.
It did not take long for the anti-Trump world to run off with the guilty verdict, framing Trump as a convicted felon. That coincides with reports of the Biden-Harris HQ celebrating the verdict.
The New York Times editorial board released an op-ed with the title, “Donald Trump, Felon,” beginning it this way:
In a humble courtroom in Lower Manhattan on Thursday, a former president and current Republican standard-bearer was convicted of 34 felony counts of falsifying business records. The jury’s decision, and the facts presented at the trial, offer yet another reminder — perhaps the starkest to date — of the many reasons Donald Trump is unfit for office.
Breaking News: Donald Trump was found guilty of all 34 counts in his Manhattan trial, making him the first former president to become a felon. https://t.co/bJoXszoZI9
— The New York Times (@nytimes) May 30, 2024
The AP put it this way in a post on the platform X:
Donald Trump became the first former president to be convicted of felony crimes Thursday as a New York jury found him guilty of falsifying business records in a scheme to illegally influence the 2016 election through hush money payments to a porn actor who said the two had sex.
Donald Trump became the first former president to be convicted of felony crimes Thursday as a New York jury found him guilty of falsifying business records in a scheme to illegally influence the 2016 election through hush money payments to a porn actor who said the two had sex. pic.twitter.com/cjqKodm7Ao
— The Associated Press (@AP) May 30, 2024
“BREAKING: Donald Trump Is Now a Convicted Felon,” Rolling Stone — the same Rolling Stone that once featured the Boston Bomber on its cover — wrote:
BREAKING: Donald Trump Is Now a Convicted Felon
Story: https://t.co/AiWccPyrwE pic.twitter.com/FS1sekhjBy
— Rolling Stone (@RollingStone) May 30, 2024
CNN’s Jake Tapper said on air, “The former President of the United States is now a convicted felon”:
Tapper: Donald Trump found guilty on all 34 counts. An unbelievable moment in American history. The former President of the United States is now a convicted felon pic.twitter.com/UfVQehlysv
— Acyn (@Acyn) May 30, 2024
“First, a court found Donald Trump to be a sexual abuser. He was then found to be a fraudulent business owner. Now Donald J. Trump is a convicted felon,” Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) said. “All are an affirmation of the rule of law. And Trump’s unfitness for office”:
First, a court found Donald Trump to be a sexual abuser.
He was then found to be a fraudulent business owner.
Now Donald J. Trump is a convicted felon.
All are an affirmation of the rule of law.
And Trump’s unfitness for office.
— Adam Schiff (@AdamSchiff) May 30, 2024
“Donald Trump is a racist, a homophobe, a grifter, and a threat to this country. He can now add one more title to his list – a felon,” Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker (D) asserted as others followed suit:
Donald Trump is a convicted felon. This verdict is not a win for any single person. It’s a win for an idea. The idea that we all follow the same rules. The rule of law won today.
— Rep. Eric Swalwell (@RepSwalwell) May 30, 2024
BREAKING: The verdict is in. Guilty on all counts. Trump is officially a CONVICTED FELON.
You are either now planning to vote for a convicted felon for president or you are not. Stop pretending that the side that is NOT voting for the felon is the crazy one.
If I asked any… pic.twitter.com/TMBTmdzFOM
— Brian Krassenstein (@krassenstein) May 30, 2024
Donald Trump is a racist, a homophobe, a grifter, and a threat to this country. He can now add one more title to his list – a felon.
— JB Pritzker (@JBPritzker) May 30, 2024
Convicted felon Donald Trump: “This was a disgrace. This is a rigged trial…We didn't do a thing wrong. I'm a very innocent man.” pic.twitter.com/UMz9Cg5pDE
— Republican Voters Against Trump (@AccountableGOP) May 30, 2024
Todays guilty verdict is absolutely correct, and nobody is above the law.
I look forward to more guilty verdicts when the federal cases move forward.
Trump is now a felon
— Adam Kinzinger (Slava Ukraini) 🇺🇸🇺🇦🇮🇱 (@AdamKinzinger) May 30, 2024
Following the verdict, Trump warned that the “real verdict is going to be November 5 by the people.”
“This was done by the Biden administration in order to hurt an opponent, a political opponent, and I think it’s just a disgrace,” Trump said, explaining that it was a “rigged decision right from day one, with a conflicted judge who should have never been allowed to try this case, never.”
“We’ll keep fighting. We’ll fight till the end, and we’ll win because our country’s gone to hell,” he continued.
“We’re a nation in decline, serious decline,” Trump added. “Millions and millions of people pouring into our country right now from prisons and from mental institutions, terrorists, and they’re taking over our country. We have a country that’s in big trouble.”
