From the GOP’s highest-ranking legislators to its most consistent Trump critics, the party displayed remarkable consistency in closing ranks around their once—and potentially future—presidential standard-bearer.
If there were any doubts that the Republican Party continues to revolve around Donald Trump, the party’s officials dispelled them Tuesday as the former presidentFrom the GOP’s highest-ranking legislators to its most attention-starved backbenchers, its most ardent MAGA firebreathers to its most consistent Trump critics, the party displayed remarkable consistency in closing ranks around their once—and potentially future—presidential standard-bearer.
One of the first GOP senators to comment was Sen. Thom Tillis —who is sometimes accused back home of being insufficiently supportive of Trump—whoit “a politically-motivated prosecution” and supported House GOP efforts to investigate Bragg. To be sure, there were conspicuous gaps in Trump’s GOP armor. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell , for instance, has yet to comment at all about the indictment, even as his House counterpart frequently speaks up.
Trump endorser Rep. Elise Stefanik was just one of several members of House GOP leadership to tweet her support for Trump on Tuesday, though she was characteristically swaggering in her response. Democrats, generally, have a hard time seeing how the dark cloud of a criminal case could help Trump win a general election rematch with Biden in 2024—though it might help him prevail in a GOP primary.
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