Republicans have until Tuesday to hedge and they're making the most of it, says HayesBrown
that the indictment will show “who are the politicians, who are the grifters, and who are the America First patriots.”
There are several things striking about this Republican reflex to defend Trump. The most pressing is that the statements and tweets are all so unnecessarily hyperbolic and fawning. Under our justice system, Trump is innocent until proven guilty. The charges against him are just charges, and it wouldn’t be misplaced for some of these statements to be taken down several dozen notches. Rep. Don Bacon, R-Neb., was one of the few to take the more measured approach.
. “President Trump will be able to make his defense and we’ll all see if this is a partisan prosecution or not.”transcript with Ukrainian President Volodomyr Zelenskyy , many of Trump’s supporters in Congress were reportedly surprised to find that the conversation wasn’t as blatantly extortionist as they’d feared. May as well lean in to a full-throated defense now when things are still so unclear versus seeming to bandwagon later.
And should the charges be both serious and backed up with new information in the charging documents, well, that’s a problem for their future selves to deal with. For now, the risk of tagging yourself as being in support of an accused criminal is worth any consequences with moderate and independent voters down the line.
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