[jfengel]

Are you suggesting that he would use his executive authority to punish people for cheering that he was arrested?

I would consider that an absolute bar to him being elected, regardless of who he would punish. The fact that many people would approve of that mis-use of power -- perhaps enough to get him elected -- implies that democracy itself has failed.

Of course such people also seem convinced that the indictment here is faulty -- either that he's not guilty of the crimes, or that they are petty, and are only being prosecuted for political reasons.

So from their point of view, democracy has already failed. Which is what he's been telling them for three years.

[infamouscow]

From a red vs blue politics perspective, team blue should not be surprised if a vindictive Trump uses this precedent to go after Biden and Obama for equally stupid nonsense.