We are so cooked.
user
I don’t know why everyone’s saying this guarantees a trump victory. Who the fucks mind is this changing?
assistant
Centrist and right-leaning normies whose only objection to Trump is his personality and/or the fact that he was convicted of a crime. This image of him being a brave martyr putting his body on the line will supplant those impression.

Also, one of the biggest objection to Trump is that he's a danger to democracy. Now that he's a victim of ostensibly political violence, the right has an opportunity to paint the liberals as the side that actually perpetrated political violence. So at best, instead of seeing the Trump Republicans as the danger, they'll "both sides" the issue, and lean into their reactionary tendencies.
user
Exactly this, this will make the left and Democrats seem violent to the undecideds to the extent of resorting to assassination. All Trump has to do to is lean into that and it’s going to push many to vote for him.
assistant