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CNN host Kasie Hunt on Friday suggested that supporters of former President Donald Trump would have defended O.J. Simpson during his infamous murder trial.
Simpson, the legendary NFL running back whose reputation was permanently shattered after he was accused of a brutal double murder, died Wednesday following a battle with cancer, according to his family.
Simpson was put on trial after his June 1994 arrest in connection with the brutal slayings of ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend, Ron Goldman. He was eventually acquitted in one of the most controversial trial verdicts in American history.
During an interview on “CNN This Morning,” Sarah Longwell, a GOP strategist critical of Trump, suggested that certain aspects of the Simpson trial echoed “Trump” characteristics that resonated culturally.
Longwell’s commentary: “As a culture, everyone kind of knows Trump is guilty the way we all knew that O.J. was guilty, but there’s a lot of people invested in it being about something else beyond the guilt, right? Because these figures are so towering and so big that they become stand-ins, they become cultural totems as opposed to just people convicted or people being accused of crimes.”
Longwell further commented that both Trump and Simpson had or have a knack for portraying themselves as victims during significant media attention. Hunt then displayed a copy of The New York Post with a headline declaring Simpson’s death. The cover prominently featured the words, “Real Killer is Dead: Football star, actor, murderer, liar, O.J. Simpson, 76,” in large white letters.
“I mean, this is like a political statement, but it’s a ’90s political statement,” Hunt added. “Part of me wonders if it were reversed in this day and age, too. That the MAGA crew wouldn’t have been behind O.J. Simpson, I mean, maybe it’s like 17 bridges too far, I don’t know.”
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