Some Republicans see the national fixation on the campus protest movement as a welcome news moment for their party after weeks of disarray in the House.
And it helps that they think it’s just a much more lively story than former President Donald Trump’s ongoing, historic, first-ever criminal trial.
“There’s a lot of Beltway fascination with the Trump trials, but overall, Americans aren’t paying that much attention,” a House Republican strategist told NOTUS. “The protests are getting a ton of attention because they’re fresh. Voters have their mind made up about Trump, and what happens in the courtroom isn’t going to change whether they like him or don’t.”