Internet divided as GOP pollster suggests Dems seizing Trump's properties could aid his election victory

WASHINGTON, DC: Republican pollster Frank Luntz warned Democrats' efforts to seize former President Donald Trump's properties in the civil fraud judgment could have serious electoral consequences, helping him win the 2024 presidential election, reported the New York Post.

"You're going to create the greatest victimhood of 2024, and you're going to elect Donald Trump," Luntz claimed in a CNN panel discussion on Thursday, March 21.

New York Attorney General Letitia James, a Democrat, has started procedures to take possession of Trump National Golf Course in Briarcliff Manor and Seven Springs, a private estate in Bedford, as Trump failed to secure a full bond to cover the $464 million penalty in the civil fraud judgment.

The iconic Trump Tower also falls in the list of the ex-president's physical assets that James could seize.

Last week, Trump's lawyers informed the court that the GOP presumptive nominee faced "insurmountable difficulties" in obtaining the massive bond. March 25 is the deadline for Trump to post the bond or pay the total penalty.

GOP pollster says Trump could go up in polls

Substantiating his claims, Luntz said the New York AG's attempt would positively reflect in Trump's polls since it proves the latter's claims of conspiracy against him to rule him out of the presidency.

"If they take his stuff, he's going to say that this is proof that the federal government and the establishment and the swamp in Washington and all the politicians across the country and the attorneys generals and all of this, that this is a conspiracy to deny him the presidency," the longtime GOP pollster opined.

"He's going to go up in the polls, just like he went up every single time they indicted him," he added.

Luntz also drew AG James' attention to how Colorado and Maine failed to remove Trump from the ballot and how it improved his polls.

"I say this to the Attorney General right now, if you play politics on this — this is what the secretaries of state did in Colorado and what they did in, I believe, is Maine. His numbers went up in both states," he said, adding, "I'm almost speechless in how pathetic the opposition to Trump has been and how completely misguided and this is a perfect example of it."

In February, New York Judge Arthur Engoron imposed a $464 million penalty on Trump for artificially inflating the value of his properties over several years to obtain tax and insurance advantages. Trump has vowed to appeal the decision.

Internet reacts

Netizens split into two camps about the possibility of Trump winning the election as a result of losing his properties to the New York AG. While one group demanded the former president deserved the penalty, another sided with Luntz.

One user wrote, "Strongly disagree. Seizing his assets exposes him for the fraud that he is. He's not rich. He's a poser. A scammer. A grifter." [sic]

While another user remarked, "That’s true. This will be incredibly easy for Trump to win. Congratulations are in order."

"The victim angle has been saturated, to say the least. Seize the assets," an individual added. Whereas a response read, "Of course that is true and either way he will get them back, the state would be forced to sell them at what they valued them or face fraud charges." [sic]

Someone else wrote, "You can't be scared to do what the LAW SAYS TO DO.......screw the backlash, he has to pay the fine."

"He is probably right, but no tears for a broke Trump," another user stated.

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