{"id":4654,"date":"2022-08-09T21:10:27","date_gmt":"2022-08-09T21:10:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/petersantilli.com\/?p=4654"},"modified":"2022-08-09T21:17:56","modified_gmt":"2022-08-09T21:17:56","slug":"spineless-republican-senate-leadership-silent-on-fbi-raid-of-trump-talking-about-tax-cuts-instead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/petersantilli.com\/?p=4654","title":{"rendered":"Spineless: Republican Senate Leadership Silent on FBI Raid of Trump \u2014 Talking About Tax Cuts Instead"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>August 9, 2022 at 05:07PM <em><strong>Spineless: Republican Senate Leadership Silent on FBI Raid of Trump \u2014 Talking About Tax Cuts Instead<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Sen. Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) doesn&#8217;t answer the question about the FBI&#8217;s search of Trump&#8217;s Mar-a-Lago residence. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tYjrkLZ2Gl\">pic.twitter.com\/tYjrkLZ2Gl<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Recount (@therecount) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/therecount\/status\/1557074387282677765?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 9, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Republican Senate leadership is conspicuously silent over the FBI\u2019s raid of former President Donald Trump on Monday.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Rather than condemning the FBI\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n<p>Talk about tone-deaf.<\/p>\n<p>McConnell still hasn\u2019t issued a statement regarding the weaponized FBI.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/media\/FZuVF9qWAAApq4N?format=jpg&amp;name=large\" alt=\"Image\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>Meanwhile, Thune tweeted about a fair he attended with family on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Fortunately, Senate Republican Conference Chair John Barasso (Wyo.) and Senate Republican Conference Vice Chair Joni Ernst (Iowa) did condemn the FBI\u2019s actions against Trump on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Over in the House, Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy released a statement Monday evening following the FBI\u2019s raid of Mar-a-Lago warning Attorney General Merrick Garland to \u201cpreserve your documents and clear your calendar\u201d when Republicans take back the House in 2023.<\/p>\n<p>The House Judiciary GOP, headed by Rep. Jim Jordan (Ohio), also issued a statement Monday night, asking, \u201cDoesn\u2019t the FBI have better things to do than harass the former PRESIDENT?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>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?<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>via Infowars<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>August 9, 2022 at 05:07PM Spineless: Republican Senate Leadership Silent on FBI Raid of Trump&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4656,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[103],"class_list":["post-4654","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pete-santilli-post","tag-sbn"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/petersantilli.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Screen-Shot-2022-08-09-at-5.07.58-PM.png?fit=1550%2C868&ssl=1",1550,868,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/petersantilli.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Screen-Shot-2022-08-09-at-5.07.58-PM.png?resize=150%2C150&ssl=1",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/petersantilli.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Screen-Shot-2022-08-09-at-5.07.58-PM.png?fit=300%2C168&ssl=1",300,168,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/petersantilli.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Screen-Shot-2022-08-09-at-5.07.58-PM.png?fit=640%2C358&ssl=1",640,358,true],"large":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/petersantilli.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Screen-Shot-2022-08-09-at-5.07.58-PM.png?fit=640%2C358&ssl=1",640,358,true],"rpg_gallery_admin_thumb":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/petersantilli.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Screen-Shot-2022-08-09-at-5.07.58-PM.png?resize=150%2C150&ssl=1",150,150,true],"rpg_gallery_thumb":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/petersantilli.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Screen-Shot-2022-08-09-at-5.07.58-PM.png?resize=150%2C150&ssl=1",150,150,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/petersantilli.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Screen-Shot-2022-08-09-at-5.07.58-PM.png?fit=1536%2C860&ssl=1",1536,860,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/petersantilli.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Screen-Shot-2022-08-09-at-5.07.58-PM.png?fit=1550%2C868&ssl=1",1550,868,true],"newsphere-slider-full":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/petersantilli.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Screen-Shot-2022-08-09-at-5.07.58-PM.png?resize=1280%2C720&ssl=1",1280,720,true],"newsphere-featured":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/petersantilli.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Screen-Shot-2022-08-09-at-5.07.58-PM.png?fit=1024%2C573&ssl=1",1024,573,true],"newsphere-medium":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/petersantilli.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Screen-Shot-2022-08-09-at-5.07.58-PM.png?resize=720%2C380&ssl=1",720,380,true]},"author_info":{"info":["Peter Santilli"]},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/petersantilli.com\/?cat=1\" rel=\"category\">Pete Santilli - 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