Democrats don’t seem to understand that the more “bad boy points” Trump accrues, the more support he gets from Republicans

Seems like people will see this as a political prosecution rather than a criminal one, which brings two things up, one that people will be pissed at the idea and support him to send a message that it was not alright. Another is once you start something like this turning out of statute misdemeanors magically into felonies to influence an election it will beget more of the same down the road. Really bad idea.