The White House and allied Democrats are staying quiet about Trump’s legal woes, hoping voters will mobilize around them on their own. Is it a risky strategy, or just part of Biden’s genius?
’s record-setting run of four indictments. It has, understandably, received wall-to-wall media coverage. You may well have heard about the Trump indictments from the ex-president’s fellow Republicans, loudly disputing the facts and attacking the prosecutors. Or from the Trump campaign, which is selling his
. But you very likely have not heard much about it from the people with the most to gain from Trump going to trial: PresidentThe asymmetry is striking, intentional—and possibly misguided, if the Democrats think that court action and press coverage will do a sufficient job of rallying key Biden voters in 2024.
The most prominent Democrats, however, have been determined to stay out of the headlines on the matter. Their statements about Trump, if any, are typically written and calculated to be “very muted, restrained,” one senior Democratic operative says. Biden has repeatedly refused to comment on his predecessor’s indictments,perhaps, has gone the furthest, telling a group of Democratic donors that it has been “shocking” to see so many Republicans still supporting Trump even after the indictments,.
For Biden, the attempt to stay above the fray is a relatively easy choice. His brand is all about returning Washington to functioning normally, and the contrast he wants to draw is that he, unlike Trump, is a believer in the nonpartisan dispensing of justice. “I think the president has been clear on the issues that underlie all of these indictments, like the issues of democracy, of the rule of law, of having an independent justice department,” a Biden insider says.
Beyond the White House, though, the prevailing silence is more nuanced and somewhat harder to understand. Six Senate Democrats have a solid reason:
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