“We have to let it play out,” Benson said. “Each man and woman must decide for themselves.”
Trump supporters say they identify with him because they believe he is being hunted by the “deep state” and the administration of President Joe Biden, his prospective Democratic opponent in 2024. They said voters would dismiss cases against Trump if they perceived him as unfair. .
“It will hurt him with some voters, but I don’t think it will hurt him,” said Nicholas Jaroszinski, 37, a business owner from Trudman, North Carolina, who wore a T-shirt that read: “We are not cooperating with the government.
The North Carolina Republican Convention was in Trump country.
Delegates and other party members thronged the marble hallways of the convention center and argued over their own election for state party chairman.
