Trump supporters aren't swayed by Manafort and Cohen cases

Salena Zito:

Last week, a woman in her mid-40s who lives in a tidy suburban enclave just outside of Columbus, Ohio, summed up her continued support for President Donald Trump despite his morals, values and behavior not matching hers nor matching her expectations she had for any president of the United States.

“For decades I have been inspired by aspiring politicians and elected officials who took to the podium or the camera and delivered poetic speeches to earn my trust and my support. They would sway me with expressive words and artfully delivered promises,” she said.

While the words were beautiful, they never manifested into anything tangible in her community.

“It took me a while to realize those words weren’t theirs, but skillfully crafted sentences that had been massaged and focus-group tested by a full staff of speechwriters and strategists.”

Along comes Trump in 2016. She cannot abide anything he tweets, finds his speeches a stream of consciousness that is hard to unscramble and considers his morals in the gutter. She reluctantly voted for him and knows she will vote for him again, something she admits even surprises her.

Why does he hold her support?

He delivers results.

“It’s just that simple.”

She mentions the tax reform bill, the remaking of the judiciary, how he has repealed regulations that have improved the economic conditions in the state, both of his picks for the Supreme Court and his unflinching manner in taking on the establishment wings of both political parties as her reasons.

The woman shudders as she imagines what kind of problems she would encounter if she gave her name, so she declines.

In the aftermath of Tuesday’s news that both former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort and his lawyer Michael Cohen were found on the wrong side of the law in separate court cases, the question asked most frequently by the press, Democrats and “Never Trump” Republicans is, “Where do Trump voters go now?”
The answer is the same that it has always been since they first started asking it Nov. 9, 2016: With Trump.

This new conservative populist coalition is not the fluke the political class hoped it was. Donald Trump did not cause it, he is just the result of it, so no matter what he does, it continues. It is predicated on them, not him.
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When I saw teh glee with which the liberal media received the news it became clear to me that the Russian hoax was just a means to an end as are these cases.  They are looking for any excuse for a coup to topple Trump because he is delivering on the promise of conservatism which is the main reason they really hate him. 

They are willing to do and say anything to ensure the survival of the evils of liberalism.  That is what the convictions are really about to them.  The Cohen case is a perfect example of their double standard,.

They did not care when Obama did the same thing to buy the silence of Rev. Wright.  They did not care that John Edwards actually used campaign funds to give to a woman he fathered a child with.

The BBC found similar loyalty to President Trump when it interviewed supporters.