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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
This probably gives support for Trump a short-term bump. But the election is four months away, and that’s a lifetime in the news cycle. And I know those were different times, but Gerald Ford’s popularity boost was very short-lived after the assassination attempts on him.
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Except this reinforces the narrative that Trump is a persecuted hero and is now even more a candidate of destiny. Plus, he’ll milk it for all it’s worth. Ford wasn’t popular to begin with, didn’t leverage the attempt, and those were less partisan times