On April 13, Donald Trump was in tiny Schnecksville, Pennsylvania, population 3,800, in Lehigh Valley, rallying white MAGA voters with a range of racist tropes, personal grievances and invented historical narratives featuring Gettysburg, Confederate Army leader Robert E.
Lee, Lincoln and himself. On Monday, the history was real as Trump sat in a Manhattan courtroom, the first U.S. president to face criminal prosecution, accused of paying off adult film star Stormy Daniels to keep their affair secret so as not to upset prospective voters prior to the 2016 election.
At issue is election interference and fraud for which Trump faces 34 felony counts. While Trump was alternatively snoozing and seething in the courtroom where he is legally required to be present for the next weeks of choosing jurors and then the so-called “hush money” trial itself, President Joe Biden is doing a three-day blitz through Pennsylvania that will include events in Pittsburgh and Philadelphia.
Pennsylvania is a must-win state come November to capture the White House. The 2020 election pivoted on Pennsylvania, with Philadelphia votes securing the state on an unseasonably warm Nov.
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