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Update (2:00 PM CST): Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.) on Tuesday outright refused to address the FBI raid on former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago compound.
“I’m here to talk about the flood and the recovery from the flood,” the Kentucky senator said when asked to weigh in on the raid.
Sen. Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) doesn't answer the question about the FBI's search of Trump's Mar-a-Lago residence. pic.twitter.com/tYjrkLZ2Gl
— The Recount (@therecount) August 9, 2022
Original story below:
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.
It was a busy evening at the Sioux Empire Fair. Caught up with lots of South Dakotans, and got in a little grandkid time. Oh, and some great fair food. #sdsummer pic.twitter.com/uPzAI688fr
— Senator John Thune (@SenJohnThune) August 9, 2022
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.
Raiding a former president’s home is unprecedented.
The Justice Department needs to quickly and transparently tell the American people who approved this raid and why it occurred.
— Sen. John Barrasso (@SenJohnBarrasso) August 9, 2022
A totally unprecedented action by the DOJ and FBI — the same agencies who labeled parents domestic terrorists and sat on the sidelines while Justices were threatened and churches were vandalized.
The American people deserve answers, now.
— Joni Ernst (@SenJoniErnst) August 9, 2022
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.
Attorney General Garland: preserve your documents and clear your calendar. pic.twitter.com/dStAjnwbAT
— Kevin McCarthy (@GOPLeader) August 9, 2022
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?”
This is what happens in third world countries.
Not the United States.
Doesn’t the FBI have better things to do than harass the former PRESIDENT? https://t.co/XoP6hz5hDR
— House Judiciary GOP (@JudiciaryGOP) August 8, 2022
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?