Newsmax host Carl Higbie went on a tirade on Friday after former President Donald Trump was convicted by a Manhattan jury the day before.

The presumptive Republican presidential nominee was found guilty on all 34 counts of falsifying business records to conceal hush money payments to cover up extramarital affairs. Trump was concerned the affairs would come to light and harm his presidential aspirations. The Republican freakout has been swift if not predictable. Despite their outrage and indignation, some conservatives insist that being a convicted felon will help Trump’s chances of returning to the White House in November’s election.

During Friday’s edition of Frontline on Newsmax, Higbie demanded congressional Republicans drop everything and go after those involved in Trump’s prosecution.

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    Gun ownership by party:

    https://www.statista.com/statistics/249775/percentage-of-population-in-the-us-owning-a-gun-by-party-affiliation/

    48% of Republicans personally own a gun.
    66% of Republicans live in a gun owning household.

    20% and 31% on the Democratic side.

    32% and 42% for Independents.

    https://ballotpedia.org/Partisan_affiliations_of_registered_voters

    “number of registered voters by partisan affiliations in states that allow voters to register by party and report those totals publicly”

    So only about 30 states + the US Virgin Islands, so these numbers will be low.

    “45 million registered voters in these areas identified themselves as Democrats.”

    45 * .2 = 9,000,000 Democratic gun owners, and 13,950,000 Democrats living in gun owning households.

    “35.7 million registered voters identified themselves as Republicans”

    35.7 * .48 = 17,136,000 Republican gun owners and 23,562,000 Republicans living in gun owning households.

    “32.5 million registered voters identified themselves as independents”

    32.5 * .32 = 10,400,000 Independent gun owners and 13,650,000 Independents living in gun owning households.