US Politics

Rumored 2024 contender says Dems are rallying support for Trump’s campaign, ‘misplayed’ possible indictment

Gov. Chris Sununu is a rumored contender for the 2024 presidential race.

Gov. Chris Sununu, R-N.H., believes that Democrats are only “building sympathy” for former President Trump as he faces a possible indictment and that an arrest would “drastically change” the course of the 2024 presidential race in his favor.

While Trump was campaigning for president in 2016, his then-lawyer, Michael Cohen, reportedly paid adult film actress Stormy Daniels $130,000 to keep quiet about an alleged 2006 affair with the former president. Trump reimbursed Cohen for the entirety of the payment, leading the Manhattan District Attorney to spearhead a years-long investigation into the former president.

On Saturday, Trump said that he would soon be arrested by DA Alvin Bragg in connection to hush money claims.

Sununu, who is considering taking on Trump for the 2024 GOP nomination, said that an indictment could ultimately backfire on Democrats, with the idea that an arrest would only rile up support for Trump’s campaign rather than scare voters away.

MCCARTHY DISCOURAGES PROTESTS AMID LOOMING TRUMP INDICTMENT: ‘WE WANT CALMNESS’

Gov. Chris Sununu is a rumored contender for the 2024 presidential race. (Phelan M. Ebenhack)

“I think it’s building a lot of sympathy for the former president,” Sununu, said during an appearance on CNN’s “State of the Union” Sunday. “I just think that not just the media, but really, a lot of the Democrats have misplayed this in terms of building sympathy for the former president, and it does drastically change the paradigm as we go into the 2024 election.”

Elon Musk, CEO of Twitter, also predicted a Trump indictment would guarantee the former president a victory in the 2024 election. “If this happens, Trump will be re-elected in a landslide victory,” Musk wrote Saturday.

During the media appearance, Sununu added that while Trump’s hush money allegations are important to look into, there are more significant issues facing the country that should take precedence. 

“There’s a question about why they’re doing it, something seven years ago. It’s not a nothing, but it’s moving money and how he claimed money being moved between him and his lawyer,” the Republican governor said. “You know, there are other issues that really take precedence in terms of where this country needs to go, what we need to do to get stuff done, how we manage our budget, how we secure the border.”

Following the news of a possible arrest, the Manhattan DA faced backlash for reportedly seeking to indict the former president, while failing to crack…

Click Here to Read the Full Original Article at FOX News : Politics…