Vulnerable Democrats steer away from focusing on Trump convictions

Vulnerable Democrats are steering away from talking about former President Trump’s bombshell conviction last week on 34 felony charges as they fear political backlash in their purple states and districts.

Those front-line Democrats — representing battleground districts and states where trust in the criminal justice system is low and Trump’s legal woes have only invigorated his base support — are warning that a focus on the guilty verdicts in New York could backfire on them pol...