Have GOP voters had enough yet?

In case you’ve lost track: former President Donald Trump now faces 91 criminal charges across four separate cases. How many will it take for Republican voters to say enough is enough? A Georgia grand jury has indicted Trump and 18 of his friends and allies on state charges related to his attempts to overturn the 2020 election result. The 41-count indictment includes 13 charges against Trump himself. Some charges include violating Georgia’s racketeering laws and accusing Trump of knowingly conspiring with others.

These charges and the ones before them are grave and should be taken seriously both in the legal system and among voters, especially dedicated Republicans. It’s hard to even imagine most presidents doing anything to merit this level of criminal accusations and remaining popular at all, let alone a current front-runner for the 2024 GOP nomination.

While it’s possible that President Joe Biden has weaponized federal law enforcement against Trump, as his allies allege, there’s no way every charge is fabricated or exaggerated. There is truth in many. Georgia’s secretary of state and governor are both Republicans who have no reason to participate in a flimsy or false case against Trump.

Gov. Brian Kemp rebuked Trump on X (formerly Twitter) after the former president posted a rant about fraud that supposedly occurred in his state.

“The 2020 election in Georgia was not stolen. For nearly three years now, anyone with evidence of fraud has failed to come forward — under oath — and prove anything in a court of law,” he wrote. “Our elections in Georgia are secure, accessible, and fair and will continue to be as long as I am governor. The future of our country is at stake in 2024 and that must be our focus.”

Unlike Kemp, many Republicans remain loyal to Trump in staggering numbers. It’s concerning to see an electorate watch four criminal cases roll in and spend so little time worrying about what Trump has done or whether he’s fit to hold office (or even run for office) again. The MAGA fan base’s reaction seems to be: Look what they’re doing to Trump!

The U.S. government is not beyond conspiracy or wrongdoing or secrecy, but at this point, multiple government officials and institutions have leveled charges against Trump. Even if a handful were found to be the result of deliberately targeting Trump, that would not discount the rest. The case against Trump is strong; why are his voters’ loyalties to him stronger still?

The MAGA fan base likes to email with reminders of Trump’s track record: What about the Supreme Court? A robust economy? Smooth foreign relations?

Do Trump voters believe, with all these criminal charges, that Trump will skip back into office and focus on the job at hand? There’s a cloud of doom hanging over Trump now, following him like the personal dust cloud that used to follow Pigpen around in the “Peanuts” comics — except it’s not remotely clever. It’s sad.

The person who used to claim he could make America great again is constantly making it worse — and the voters still standing by him aren’t helping.