Trump became a felon last week after being convicted on 34 counts of falsifying business records in New York.
Former President Donald Trump has been stung by a hometown newspaper editorial that argues the country should not « have a felon as its leader. »
Trump, the presumptive GOP nominee in this year’s presidential election, was convicted on 34 counts of falsifying business records in New York last week. He maintains his innocence and claims without evidence that President Joe Biden, his opponent in November, was somehow behind the charges.
On Wednesday, the editorial staff of Trump’s hometown paper, The Palm Beach Post, argued in an opinion article that Trump’s newfound status as a felon should rule out a presidential comeback. The ex-president has officially resided at the Mar-a-Lago Club in Palm Beach since 2019.
The article asks voters to « reflect on their values » when considering allowing « a felon in the White House, » while saying that many Americans are « OK with » Trump’s alleged ethos of « truth is transactional, loyalty is one-way and values are for suckers.
