You’re conflating two different things, though, and I would say that if you listen to Trump supporters they end up going the opposite way from your conclusion.
There’s a difference between voting for somebody versus finding them guilty of breaking the law. If voters want to elect a felon, well he’s still been subject to the law, is just that for whatever reason the voters still wanted to vote for the criminal.
So those are two different things.
But, when I listen to mainstream conservatives talk about the legal penalties I don’t hear them saying that he shouldn’t pay. I hear them saying that he will have to pay, showing that he is subject to law, even if they don’t think the law was fairly implemented.
What I’m hearing when I listen to mainstream conservatives on the matter that you are bringing up is that Trump is absolutely subject to law, and the law is being used against him, therefore they should vote for him.
(To be clear, I think that’s stupid)
So in the end I think examples like these actually go the other way from your conclusion. It ends up being BECAUSE Trump supporters recognize that he is subject to law that they want to elect the guy to fix the laws that he is subject to.
Again, I repeat, I think that’s a really antisocial, arguably corrupt approach, but that’s what I’m hearing from them.
