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Trump clinches the GOP nomination while his cases keep moving
Donald Trump became the Republican Party’s presumptive nominee on March 12, 2024, while multiple criminal indictments and civil cases still hung over his campaign.
Edition · March 12, 2024
The Daily Fuckup — March 12, 2024
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Closing take
On March 12, the Trump operation looked less like a disciplined nominee-in-waiting than a defendant with a delegate count. That is not the same thing, and in a general-election year it is not a flattering comparison.
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