{"id":132108,"date":"2023-04-04T16:02:01","date_gmt":"2023-04-04T16:02:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/?p=132108"},"modified":"2023-04-04T16:02:01","modified_gmt":"2023-04-04T16:02:01","slug":"greene-and-santos-appear-in-manhattan-ahead-of-trump-arraignment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/politics\/greene-and-santos-appear-in-manhattan-ahead-of-trump-arraignment\/","title":{"rendered":"Greene and Santos appear in Manhattan ahead of Trump arraignment"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Marjorie Taylor Greene during a rally in support of Donald Trump in New York, on April 4. Photo: Javier Alvarez\/Bloomberg via Getty Images<\/p>\n
Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) and George Santos (R-N.Y.) appeared in<\/strong> Manhattan Tuesday in support of former President Donald Trump ahead of his expected arraignment.<\/p>\n Driving the news<\/strong>: The Georgia firebrand and close Trump ally told a crowd she had come to "protest this unprecedented abuse of our justice system and election interference," per NBC New York.<\/p>\n Pro-Trump and anti-Trump protesters <\/strong>gathered Tuesday nearby the Manhattan courthouse days after the former president's historic indictment, per NBC News.<\/p>\n Of note: <\/strong>Most Americans approve of the indictment ofTrump \u2014 but a plurality also believes that politics played at least some role, recent polls show.<\/p>\n The big picture: <\/strong>While Trump's indictment has enticed some prominent Republicans to jump into the anti-Trump lane, the GOP has largely united around him. <\/p>\n Go deeper: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n
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