President Biden’s reelection campaign seized on former President Trump’s conviction by calling him a “convicted felon” to raise money for the 2024 race.
Soon after a jury found Trump guilty on all counts of falsifying business records to conceal alleged affairs during his 2016 campaign, the Biden campaign sent an email.
“Despite a jury finding Donald Trump guilty today, there is still only one way to keep Donald Trump out of the Oval Office: At the ballot box,” the Thursday fundraising email and text read. “Convicted felon or not, Trump will be the Republican nominee for president.”
The campaign, in its first statement after the verdict, also called Trump a felon.
“There is still only one way to keep Donald Trump out of the Oval Office: at the ballot box. Convicted felon or not, Trump will be the Republican nominee for president,” communications director Michael Tyler said.
The president issued a shorter statement on X, calling for donations and saying, “There’s only one way to keep Donald Trump out of the Oval Office: At the ballot box.”
The Biden team’s focus on the November election after the verdict echoes Trump’s response. The former president called the trial “rigged and “disgraced,” adding, “The real verdict is going to be November 5th by the people.”