This rallies the GOP base to Trump's side, at least short-term, by making him look like the aggrieved party or the victim, but I don't know how sustainable that is once we learn more about why the raid happened or if charges will be filed.

Mike Madrid

Abortion and crime are visceral issues that have an immediate concern to female voters, both are based on fears in a way, the fear of losing reproductive autonomy versus the fear of somebody breaking into your car, your home, somebody robbing you, or raping you.

There is no lane in the Republican Party that is viable for [ a ] Liz Cheney, Adam Kinzinger, or Mike Madrid, the party is never going to go back to what it was.

It really depends on what ends up happening with the investigation. Right now Trump can go out and say, ‘I’m the guy Democrats are targeting, they're afraid of me,' but the other side of this is that GOP voters and independents that already have a bad view of him are likely to be pushed further away.