Courts Pummeled Trump. That Made Some Republicans Love Him More.
GOLDSBORO, N.C.—Donald Trump has been impeached, indicted and ordered to pay hundreds of millions of dollars in penalties for committing fraud and defamation. For many Republican voters in this Raleigh exurb, that doesn’t disqualify him from returning to the White House. Instead, it makes them more likely to back Trump in this week’s Super Tuesday primary because they view the GOP presidential front-runner as unfairly targeted by his political enemies.
They say his resilience in the face of obstacles shows why he will fight for them if he wins the presidency in November. Primary races in North Carolina and 14 other states on Tuesday are expected to accelerate Trump’s march toward the Republican presidential nomination. Trump’s last remaining top-tier opponent, former South Carolina Gov.
Nikki Haley, has committed to campaigning through Tuesday but has no events scheduled after Monday. Trump is likely to get the delegates needed to become the party’s nominee this month. North Carolina, which Trump won narrowly in 2020, is the only battleground Super Tuesday state that will also help decide who wins the general election in November.
Charlette Corbett, a 67-year-old hospice nurse from Pikeville, N.C., who is a Republican, said she considered supporting Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and businessman Vivek Ramaswamy when the GOP field first took shape. But as she watched Trump endure blow after blow, she became convinced he was the stronger candidate.
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