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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 cocreated 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 a reporter for The Free Press. She started her career as a breaking-news journalist for the Des Moines Register, where she covered topics ranging from crime and public safety to food insecurity and the Iowa caucus.

Rupa Subramanya

Rupa Subramanya is a writer based in Ottawa, Canada. She began her writing career at The Wall Street Journal India with a weekly column focusing on the intersection of economics, politics, and public policy. Her work has been cited in The New York Times, Financial Times, and The Guardian among others. She is a former columnist for the National Post.

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