They don't care about optics anymore. They are in a cult and their primary interest is in making sure "orange man go away" at any cost. If they gave one fuck about optics they would have not brought this stupid fake trial into existence by re-imagining the laws on the books to make it possible.
[edit] they already martyred him at this point. In ~48 hours he raised something like $200 million with something like $70m of that coming from first-time donors and small amounts. That is MILLIONS of people donating 20-30$ for the first time ever because they are pissed off.
But raising money does what exactly? They already don't care.
A lot of the population is basically retarded and will just vote for whatever name they hear the most. Its sad and pathetic but true. As such, more money means more morons just ticking a box that they were told to by the idiot box.
I always said you only need money if you are lying.
Agreed.
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