Donald Trump Becomes the First Convicted Felon to Win a United States Presidential Election. Stormy Daniels Blames "Racism" for Trump's Reelection.

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Despite being found guilty of 34 counts of falsifying business records in connection to a hush-money sex scandal involving former adult film star Stormy Daniels, Donald Trump won the 47th presidency of the United States. And Trump faces jail time for his May 2024 conviction. However, according to a Reuters report, the Economic Times states that his "US presidential election victory on Wednesday will essentially end the criminal cases brought against him, at least for the four years he occupies the White House," per a Reuters report.

Stormy Daniels spoke to Good Morning Britain on Wednesday morning following the election. Based on her encounter with Trump, she called the 47th President of the United States a "lunatic." The former adult film star said she's "shocked and ashamed" of voters for failing to "step up at the voting booth" to ensure that a convicted felon did not win the race. (Story continues after video below)

Daniels told GMB, "I'm actually coming on your show this morning and for the first time a little bit shocked and ashamed of what's happened in my country. "She continued, "How is someone who's found guilty or even charged with so many crimes even allowed to run for a political office?"

She continued, "There is no precedent set. I thought the American people would step up in the voting booth and set that precedent and say 'People who speak like you who have rhetoric like you who incite violence like you and cause so much divisive behaviour in our country, we won't stand for it'." Daniels contended, "You cannot tell me that it's not because of racism that she did not win," she said.

Daniels isn't the only person with a large platform who spoke against Trump. Puerto Rican rapper Fat Joe said any Puerto Rican who votes for Trump suffers from a house n**ga mentality (house slaves vs field slaves).

Fat Joe explained, "It breaks my heart. If any of you guys got Puerto Rican friends, when you go over there and you go visit, the first thing they tell you is, 'My island, my island. Yo, you went to my island.' How the hell are they gonna call Puerto Rico an island of garbage and when I post on my Instagram, 'These the guys you voting for?' I see Puerto Ricans saying, 'No, we're still for Trump 2024.' That's that house n**ga mentality. That's the Latino that wish he was white. Those the guys in the comments, you know? [They] change they voice up [and] try to sound white, trying to fit in. Those the guys I've been fighting my whole life because they look at me like, you know, what I am." 

There are other reasons why Trump's re-election was puzzling to many Americans. In 2020, the Trump Administration was scolded after thousands of children from migrant families were separated from their parents due to the implementation of his "zero tolerance" immigration policy. Trump signed an executive order that called for the arrest and detention of people caught crossing into the United States border illegally. Yet, there was reportedly no database or system put in place to allow the families to be reunited after being jailed or deported. Some of the families have reportedly filed lawsuits for their inability to locate their children and the inhumane treatment they received in the United States holding facilities. Most of the immigrants had reportedly crossed over from the Mexican border.

Several Americans also take issue with Trump's intentions to grant complete immunity to law enforcement officials accused of wrongfully killing or harming citizens. Many Americans fear that this will further hinder justice, especially for African Americans, who have the largest population of unarmed people who have died after law enforcement used excessive force with weapons or physical restraints. Breonna Taylor, a 26-year-old emergency room technician in Louisville, was killed after law enforcement entered her home with a no-knock warrant and opened fire on her apartment as she and her boyfriend slept.

The 2020 murder of 46-year-old unarmed George Floyd in Minneapolis was also a major bone of contention between the African American community and law enforcement. Former officer Derek Chauvin killed Floyd after kneeling on his neck for approximately 9 minutes. President-elect Trump was in office when both of the murders took place.

Americans Fear the Loss of Democracy

Another major fear held by non-Trump supporters is the implementation of Project 2025. In layperson's terms, the Heritage Foundation, the authors of Project 2025, describes the 900-page document as an expansion of Presidential powers.

However, Project 2025 states that federal bureaucracy, including independent agencies such as the Department of Justice and the Department of Education, should be placed under direct presidential control- a gesture citizens see as a step toward tyranny.

Although Trump said he does not aim to enforce a nationwide ban on abortions, the plan also proposes withdrawing the abortion pill mifepristone and upholding abortion bans in certain states. Since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v., ending women's constitutional rights to abortion, several public outcries have been made regarding women who have become medically ill and died due to pregnancy complications. Texas teen Nevaeh Crain died from sepsis after having a miscarriage. Because of Texas' abortion ban, doctors could not intervene until the fetus was considered dead. According to People, Nevaeh died in the hospital's intensive care unit after visiting the emergency room three times from life-threatening sickness.

The reversal of laws and regulations about sexual orientation and gender equality is another fear America faces with the implementation of Project 2025. The project will reportedly restrict gender and sexual orientation wording from policies and laws.

According to BBC, Project 2025 aims to end diversity, equity, and inclusion programs in schools and government departments as part of what it describes as a wider crackdown on "woke" ideology.

Another reason some Americans object to Donald Trump is due to his stance on the wrongful convictions of the Central Park Five (Antron McCray, Kevin Richardson, Yusef Salaam, Raymond Santana, and Korey Wise) in New York City in 1989. Jogger Trisha Meili was brutally beaten and sexually assaulted, and the five men were wrongfully convicted and sentenced to prison for the crime. Three of the CP5 were minors at the time of their convictions.

Serial rapist Matias Reyes later confessed to acting alone while assaulting Meili, and the Central Park Five were later exonerated from DNA technology. Yet, Trump advocated for the execution of the wrongfully convicted group of teens and young men. Dr. Yusef Salaam remembers Trump as a "fire-starter" during his wrongful conviction as a 15-year-old, according to The Guardian. Salaam continued, "Common citizens were being manipulated and swayed into believing that we were guilty." Trump, a then New York City real estate mogul, signed a full-page newspaper advertisement calling for the Central Park Five to die. The CP5 gave forced confessions without lawyers present and without parental consent.

Four of the five CP5 members spoke about Trump at this year's Democratic National Convention. Korey Wise said, "Our youth was stolen from us." "Every day, as we walked into the courtroom, people screamed at us and threatened us because of Donald Trump. He spent $85,000 on a full-page ad in the New York Times calling for our execution. We were innocent kids. But, we served a total of 41 years in prison." 

When asked about his stance against the CP5, Trump refused to apologize for the position he took against the teens and young men, according to the New York Times, he said, "You have people on both sides of that, they admitted their guilt"—"some of the prosecutors, they think that the city never should have settled that case — so we'll leave it at that." 

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