Spineless: Republican Senate Leadership Silent on FBI Raid of Trump — Talking About Tax Cuts Instead

Republican Senate leadership is conspicuously silent over the FBI’s raid of former President Donald Trump on Monday.

Rather than condemning the FBI’s unprecedented raid against a former Republican president, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.) and Minority Whip John Thune (S.D.) remained silent or tweeted about tax cuts on Tuesday.

Talk about tone-deaf.

McConnell still hasn’t issued a statement regarding the weaponized FBI.

Meanwhile, Thune tweeted about a fair he attended with family on Tuesday.

Fortunately, Senate Republican Conference Chair John Barasso (Wyo.) and Senate Republican Conference Vice Chair Joni Ernst (Iowa) did condemn the FBI’s actions against Trump on Tuesday.

Over in the House, Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy released a statement Monday evening following the FBI’s raid of Mar-a-Lago warning Attorney General Merrick Garland to “preserve your documents and clear your calendar” when Republicans take back the House in 2023.

The House Judiciary GOP, headed by Rep. Jim Jordan (Ohio), also issued a statement Monday night, asking, “Doesn’t the FBI have better things to do than harass the former PRESIDENT?”

When will McConnell and Thune, the two most powerful Republicans in the Senate, get with the program and join the rest of the GOP leadership and base?