Laura Ingraham has a warning for Trump

Fox News' Laura Ingraham has an urgent message for former President Donald Trump about how to survive the presidential debate next week: Stop obsessing over your 34-count felony conviction in New York.

Trump, who has already been trying to control expectations of his performance ahead of the CNN-moderated debate in Atlanta, has a history of long-winded explanations of his innocence and attacks on judges and prosecutors whenever his legal troubles come up. But, the right-wing talk show host warned him, that is only going to lose you the debate — as are any number of other Trump controversies.

"If at the end of the debate a lot of time was spent on the 2020 election, January 6th, or Judge Merchan, Alvin Bragg, Fani Willis, with Trump at all sounding defensive or angry, I think Democrats at least will consider that a significant win for them," said Ingraham. "Remember, they know Biden is weak. And this is not to say the weaponization of government is not a huge issue, it is a big issue. But it's not what is driving voters to the polls."

For that reason, Ingraham said, "I would just quickly dispense with that."

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"I could see [CNN moderator Jake] Tapper maybe asking Trump something like, sir, as a convicted felon, there is a possibility that you may be sentenced to prison and face multiple other cases down the road. How does that make you fit for the presidency, sir? Well, know that this type of question is going to be asked and do one thing, well, don't get Trump to, you know, try to get Trump to lose his cool. That's why that question is being asked. Again, Trump doesn't need to take the bait."

"Now, on their convicted felon point, I'd simply say well, Jake, most people see these cases as driven by politics, and they know that had I decided not to run for office again, none of them would have been brought. But setting that aside, we believe we have a strong appeal in the New York case and we expect to win that appeal. And most Americans, Jake, have no time to follow the minute details of these cases" — after which point, she said, Trump should bring the focus back onto inflation, the border, and other issues Republicans hope are better for them.

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