No Joy In Trumpville

Created
Wed, 08/05/2024 - 23:00
Updated
Wed, 08/05/2024 - 23:00
Is Trump bleeding support yet? Tuesday was another bad one for Donald Trump, Boy King of the Red Hats. It ended in Indiana with Trump’s victory in the Republican primary. The former insurrectionist-in-chief won handily against South Carolina’s Nikki Haley who, Politico reports, “cleaned up in the suburbs.” A zombie Haley candidacy continued to punch above its weight in the Trumpiest of states: The former South Carolina governor is on track to break 20 percent for the first time since she dropped out of the race two months ago. Trump may have won Indiana’s 58 delegates, but Haley “posted above-30-point performances in places like Marion County, home to Indianapolis, and affluent Hamilton County, its suburb to the north.” Indiana is sure to go into the Trump column in November. But in a tight presidential contest, Trump cannot afford to lose even a fraction of Republican base voters who turn out for primaries. As one Twitter user observed, if President Joe Biden had lost 22 percent to a candidate no longer in the race in a deep blue state, it would be front page news. Indeed, there would calls for Biden to drop out of the presidential contest, renewed speculation about a brokered convention, commentary about Democrats in disarray, etc. That’s how Tuesday ended for Trump. Earlier, he faced testimony from adult film actress Stormy Daniels in his Manhattan criminal trial for falsifying business records and election interference. Digby covered that here and here. Coverage of the trial was, well, everywhere. For his…