2023-08-28 11:48:12
Donald Trump’s campaign team said on Sunday it had raised $7.1 million in funds since the release Thursday of the former Republican president’s mugshot, relating to his indictment in Georgia.
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Closed face, frowning eyebrows, defiant gaze: Donald Trump had been subjected to this shooting in an Atlanta prison, a first for a former president in the history of the United States.
The favorite of the Republican primaries for the nomination for the presidential election of 2024 had escaped it during his three previous criminal indictments, but the billionaire, accused of having tried to manipulate the results of the presidential election of 2020 in this southern state , did not cut this shot this time.
As soon as the image was published, the “Trump 2024” campaign team had surfed the “mug shot” effect by launching an appeal to every American “patriot”, saying in a press release that “the State of shadow is trying to make President Trump public enemy number one for daring to challenge the corrupt ruling class in Washington.
“$7.1 million since Thursday. $4.18 million just yesterday,” Saturday, for what is the biggest fundraiser “in one day of the entire campaign,” said Steven Cheung.
On X (formerly Twitter), Steven Cheung urged media to “keep showing” the photo, including what he says is a higher definition version of the image.
T-shirts, mugs, stickers bearing the effigy of the “mug shot”: Donald Trump’s campaign used the image to sell merchandise just hours following the photo was published.
If such a photo might sound the death knell for the political ambitions of many other candidates, Donald Trump uses it to his advantage to present himself as a “hero”, the victim of persecution and a “witch hunt” orchestrated by Joe Biden’s Democrats.
Democrats also used the photo, however, suggesting no one is above the law.
Joe Biden himself quipped at the snap, telling reporters who questioned him on the subject on Friday: “I saw it on TV. A handsome guy”.
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