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Voters shrug off scandals, paying a price in lost trust

  • Written by Brandon Rottinghaus, Professor of Political Science, University of Houston
imageDonald Trump waits in court during proceedings over a business records violation. He was convicted, but Trump and his supporters dismissed the case as a partisan attack.Mary Altaffer/AP

Donald Trump joked in 2016 that he could “stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shoot somebody” and not lose support. In 2024, after two impeachments a...

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