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The Guardian - US
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Sidney Blumenthal

Every indictment will make Trump stronger – and Republicans wilder

Donald Trump speaks in Waco, Texas last month.
Donald Trump speaks in Waco, Texas, last month. Photograph: Brandon Bell/Getty Images

The indictment of Donald J Trump has not driven a wooden stake through his heart. He has risen, omnipresent and ominous again, overwhelming his rivals, their voices joined into his choir, like the singing January 6 prisoners, proclaiming the wickedness of his prosecution. As he enters the criminal courthouse to pose for his mugshot and to give his fingerprints, evangelicals venerate him as the adulterous King David or the martyred Christ.

Trump does not have to raise his hand to signal to the House Republicans to echo his cry of “WITCH-HUNT”. He owns the House like he owns a hotel.

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