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They’re Voting for Trump to ‘Save Democracy’
New York City's newspapers the morning after former President Donald Trump was convicted in the hush money trial, May 31, 2024, in New York City, New York. (Andrew Lichtenstein via Getty Images)
‘The 2016 version of myself would have hated this version of myself.’
By Olivia Reingold, Frannie Block, and Rupa Subramanya
06.03.24 — U.S. Politics
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Last Thursday, Donald Trump became the first president in U.S. history to be convicted of a felony. 

As the news broke, cheers reportedly erupted in President Joe Biden’s campaign headquarters. Within minutes, Biden had swooped in for donations on social media: “There’s only one way to keep Donald Trump out of the Oval Office: At the ballot box,” he wrot…

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Olivia Reingold
Olivia Reingold is a staff writer at The Free Press. She co-created and executive produced Matthew Yglesias’s podcast, Bad Takes. She got her start in public radio, regularly appearing on NPR for her reporting on indigenous communities in Montana. She previously produced podcasts at Politico, where she shaped conversations with world leaders like Jens Stoltenberg.
Frannie Block
Frannie Block is an investigative reporter at The Free Press, where she covers the forces shaping American life—from foreign influence in U.S. politics and national security to institutional overreach and due process failures. She began her career covering breaking news at The Des Moines Register.
Rupa Subramanya
Rupa Subramanya is a writer for the Free Press. She lives in Ottawa, Canada.
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