Republicans in Congress are not only defending Donald Trump against the FBI search of his Mar-a-Lago home.
A man who fired a nail gun at the FBI building in Cincinnati, Ohio, on Thursday before fleeing on an interstate was killed in the ensuing standoff.
“All that does is stir up that minority within the base that aren’t satisfied with just words, they actually want to act it out.” Asked Friday at the Capitol about the responsibility leaders have to tone down the rhetoric and keep the nation calm during times of uncertainty and distress, House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy demurred — and blamed Attorney General Merrick Garland.
The No. 3 House Republican, Rep. Elise Stefanik, claimed without evidence the Biden administration was “weaponizing” the Justice Department against Trump, a top potential 2024 rival for the White House. Congressional Republicans have said their office phone lines are ringing from constituents outraged over the raid and they said they've never seen their colleagues more fired up to fight back — all the way to the November midterm elections.
House lawmakers returned to session Friday to vote, walking through metal detectors to screen against firearms, a legacy of the Jan. 6 assault on the Capitol. Lawmakers had a security briefing earlier this week to address ongoing threats against lawmakers.at the Capitol was sufficient cause to have concerns about inflammatory political rhetoric.
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