Opinion Today: Will Republican voters elevate Trump again?

Our democracy needs two functioning parties, and Republicans are at a crossroads. 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But it is very much a modern legal concept, and now that Donald Trump has been charged with it in Georgia, it has also become an important factor in the 2024 presidential race. As [The Times editorial board wrote](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRmvz67P0TwaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMy8wOC8xNS9vcGluaW9uL2VkaXRvcmlhbHMvdHJ1bXAtaW5kaWN0bWVudC1yZXB1YmxpY2Fucy5odG1sP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTM5JmVtYz1lZGl0X3R5XzIwMjMwODE2Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTEwMDE2NSZubD1vcGluaW9uLXRvZGF5JnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VnbWVudF9pZD0xNDIxNDkmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCmTbu7ncZL1sdxlSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAw~~) on Tuesday, the 41-count indictment unveiled Monday night in Fulton County, Ga., raises the stakes for every voter in the upcoming Republican primary process, which begins in January in Iowa. Yes, Trump has already been indicted three times, [including by the federal government](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRmvz67P4QHAWh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lm55dGltZXMuY29tL2ludGVyYWN0aXZlLzIwMjMvMDgvMDEvdXMvcG9saXRpY3MvdHJ1bXAtamFuLTYtaW5kaWN0bWVudC0yMDIwLWVsZWN0aW9uLWFubm90YXRlZC5odG1sP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTM5JmVtYz1lZGl0X3R5XzIwMjMwODE2Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTEwMDE2NSZubD1vcGluaW9uLXRvZGF5JnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VnbWVudF9pZD0xNDIxNDkmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCmTbu7ncZL1sdxlSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAw~~) for attempting to overturn President Joe Biden’s legitimate election victory in 2020. But the new indictment — which focuses on some of the same actions as the federal case — goes further, using some legal tools that only a state prosecutor can wield. It accuses Trump of leading what was essentially a criminal gang to illegally suppress votes in order to remain in power, and goes into great detail about how the conspiracy worked, both before and after he left office. He was charged, along with 18 others, with being part of “a criminal organization whose members and associates engaged in various related criminal activities” to keep him in the White House. Stepping back, it’s kind of amazing that any politician would remain a legitimate candidate when facing a charge like this one, not to mention the [90 other federal and state felony counts in the earlier indictments](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRmvz67P4RAAWh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lm55dGltZXMuY29tLzIwMjMvMDgvMTUvdXMvcG9saXRpY3MvdHJ1bXAtY2FzZXMtY291bnRzLWNoYXJnZXMtc3RyZW5ndGhzLmh0bWw_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9MzkmZW1jPWVkaXRfdHlfMjAyMzA4MTYmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MTAwMTY1Jm5sPW9waW5pb24tdG9kYXkmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTE0MjE0OSZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDcjOn46dGV4dD1JbiUyMHRvdGFsJTJDJTIwTXIuJTIwVHJ1bXAlMjBmYWNlcyxwYXltZW50JTIwdG8lMjBhJTIwcG9ybiUyMGFjdHJlc3MuVwNueXRCCmTbu7ncZL1sdxlSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAw~~). But Trump remains his party’s leading candidate, having convinced many people that the charges are political hogwash, and Republican voters are now confronted with the question of what kind of second term they think Trump has earned. 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Will primary voters finally reject a candidate credibly accused of so many felonies against the common good, or will they elevate him as their party’s leader a second time? The stakes of the upcoming decision are high. “A healthy democracy needs at least two functioning parties to challenge each other’s honesty and direction,” the editorial says. “Republican voters are key to restoring that health and balance.” [Read the editorial here](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRmvz67P0TwaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMy8wOC8xNS9vcGluaW9uL2VkaXRvcmlhbHMvdHJ1bXAtaW5kaWN0bWVudC1yZXB1YmxpY2Fucy5odG1sP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTM5JmVtYz1lZGl0X3R5XzIwMjMwODE2Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTEwMDE2NSZubD1vcGluaW9uLXRvZGF5JnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VnbWVudF9pZD0xNDIxNDkmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCmTbu7ncZL1sdxlSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAw~~). 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