When a Manhattan jury found Donald Trump guilty on 34 criminal counts in his hush money/falsified business records trial, the former president’s hardcore MAGA base didn’t become any less supportive of him. Nor did the verdict change the voting plans of President Joe Biden’s staunch supporters, who have long since ruled out the possibility of voting for Trump. MAGA Republicans predicted that the verdict would move independents and swing voters in Trump’s direction. But Salon’s Tatyana Tandanpolie, in an article published on June 19, stresses that the verdict appears to be making many independen…