House GOP leaders express indifference to Trump's alleged crimes

[LetMyPeopleVote]

There has not been a rush to defend TFG or claim that TFG is innocent. In effect the GOP thinks that TFG is above the law and do not care about the guilt or innocence of their cult leader. This is actually scary.

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https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/house-gop-leaders-express-indifference-trumps-alleged-crimes-rcna97700

With this in mind, I was eager to see how McCarthy might respond to the special counsel’s office indicting the former president for his alleged post-defeat crimes. Has the House speaker still “had it with this guy”? Does he still believe Trump “bears responsibility”? As it turns out, McCarthy apparently doesn’t want to talk about it. The Hill reported:

Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) accused the Department of Justice (DOJ) of using the latest indictment against former President Trump — which stems from his efforts to remain in power following the 2020 election — to “distract” from recent information GOP-led committees have gathered about President Biden and his son Hunter Biden. ... While pointing the finger at the DOJ and Biden, McCarthy did not engage with any specific allegations in the Trump indictment.

What the public saw, in other words, was a pitiful dynamic: A former president was charged with a series of election-related felonies, which prompted his allied House speaker, unconcerned about self-respect, to peddle a conspiracy theory about federal law enforcement.

McCarthy wasn’t the only one. House Republican Conference Chair Elise Stefanik — recently touted by The New Republic for offering the “stupidest” reaction to Trump’s indictment in the classified documents case — also seemed interested late yesterday in trying to change the subject. The GOP congresswoman specifically accused President Joe Biden — who had nothing to do with yesterday’s developments — of trying to “weaponize his corrupt Department of Justice against his leading political opponent.”....

For too much of the party, the evidence is simply irrelevant. These Republicans haven’t made the case for Trump’s innocence, so much as they’ve effectively said they don’t care whether he’s guilty.

[SWBTATTReg]

1. Indifference to the rule of law too, here in the US. Thugs bow down and kiss djt's ugly feet

w/o once standing bold and tall for the rule of law, and the Constitution.

Cowards.

[Hortensis]

2. Their version of hiding under rocks as their party's leader becomes

the first president ever charged with attempting a coup d'etat.