Anger, relief and denial: Brooklynites react to Trump’s hush-money conviction

A Manhattan jury’s decision to convict former president Donald Trump in his hush-money case sent shockwaves through the U.S. on May 30 — but for the embattled pol’s longtime supporters in southern Brooklyn, not much has changed.

Brooklyn is, for the most part, overwhelmingly Democratic – Kings County has more than a million registered Democrat voters, more than any other county in New York State, and just over 141,000 registered Republicans.