{"id":517630,"date":"2022-11-29T03:47:05","date_gmt":"2022-11-29T00:47:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/gop-senators-slam-trump-over-dinner-with-white-supremacist\/"},"modified":"2022-11-29T03:47:05","modified_gmt":"2022-11-29T00:47:05","slug":"gop-senators-slam-trump-over-dinner-with-white-supremacist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/gop-senators-slam-trump-over-dinner-with-white-supremacist\/","title":{"rendered":"#GOP senators slam Trump over dinner with white supremacist"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3bf6eb4144f\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3bf6eb4144f\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/gop-senators-slam-trump-over-dinner-with-white-supremacist\/#GOP_senators_slam_Trump_over_dinner_with_white_supremacist\" >GOP senators slam Trump over dinner with white supremacist<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"GOP_senators_slam_Trump_over_dinner_with_white_supremacist\"><\/span>GOP senators slam Trump over dinner with white supremacist<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/0c7a1abbcc304264a1c2550a1b95cd3f.jpg?w=900\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Senate Republicans across the ideological spectrum slammed former President Trump for having dinner with Nick Fuentes, an outspoken white supremacist and antisemite, who broke bread with Trump at his Mar-a-Lago estate before Thanksgiving. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Republican senators regularly try to duck questions about Trump\u2019s conduct or give measured responses to avoid provoking the former president\u2019s wrath, which he is quick to dole out on <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social media<\/a> or in press releases. \u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr1_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>But there was little holding back on Monday when senators were asked about Trump\u2019s controversial meeting with Fuentes, who has become a prominent white supremacist and antisemitic commentator since attending the 2017 \u201cUnite the Right\u201d rally in Charlottesville, Va. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s just a bad idea on every level,\u201d Senate Minority Whip John Thune (R-S.D.) told reporters. \u201cI don\u2019t know who\u2019s advising him on his staff, but I hope that whoever that person was got fired.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.), a Trump ally who gave the former president a \u201cChampion of Freedom\u201d award at Mar-a-Lago last year, declared, \u201cThere\u2019s no room for antisemitism or white supremacy in the Republican Party. Period.\u201d \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah), who voted twice to convict Trump on impeachment charges, let loose on Trump.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s no bottom to the degree which he\u2019s willing to degrade himself and the country, for that matter. Having dinner with those people was disgusting,\u201d he told reporters.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Asked if he wanted Trump to remain under the GOP\u2019s tent, Romney replied, \u201cI don\u2019t think he should be president of the United States. I don\u2019t think he should be the nominee of our party in 2024.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr2_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>\u201cAnd I certainly don\u2019t want him hanging over our party like a gargoyle,\u201d he added.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Asked if it was a lapse in judgment, Romney said, \u201cIt\u2019s a character issue.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Susan Collins (Maine), a prominent Republican moderate, said Trump should have never met with Fuentes.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr3_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>\u201cI condemn white supremacy and antisemitism. The president should never have had a meal or even a meeting with Nick Fuentes,\u201d she said. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Trump claimed in a post on his social media platform, Truth Social, that Ye, the r<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>er formerly known as Kanye West, asked to have dinner at Mar-a-Lago and \u201cunexpectedly showed up with three of his friends, whom I knew nothing about.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Ye, however, said that Trump was \u201creally impressed\u201d with Fuentes.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr4_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>Sen. John Cornyn (Texas), a member of the GOP leadership team, said he had \u201cnever heard\u201d of Fuentes, but after a reporter mentioned Fuentes was a white supremacist, the Texas senator said it was \u201cbad.\u201d \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo question about it,\u201d he said. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Retiring Sen. Roy Blunt (Mo.), the Senate Republican Policy Committee chairman, told reporters, \u201cI wouldn\u2019t want to have dinner with either one of those guys, or I wouldn\u2019t meet with either one of those guys.\u201d \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) also called for a staff shake-up in response to Trump\u2019s dinner with Fuentes and Ye, who himself has made a slew of antisemitic statements in recent weeks. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf the reports are true and the president didn\u2019t know who he was, whoever let him in the room should be fired,\u201d Tillis said. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) declined to comment Monday about Trump\u2019s meeting with Fuentes but said he would have more to say at the Tuesday leadership press conference. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) told a reporter for CNN that he hoped Trump would condemn Fuentes.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI hope he will because I know [Trump] is not an antisemite. I can tell you that for a fact that Trump is not, but this guy [Fuentes] is evil,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd that guy is a nasty, disgusting person.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Bill Cassidy (La.) was one of the first Senate Republicans out of the gate criticizing Trump earlier in the day. \u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr5_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>\u201cPresident Trump hosting racist antisemites for dinner encourages other racist antisemites. These attitudes are immoral and should not be entertained. This is not the Republican Party,\u201d Cassidy tweeted. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Some Republicans, however, waved aside the controversy. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI could care less who they have dinner with,\u201d said retiring Sen. Richard Burr (R-N.C.), who voted to convict Trump in his second impeachment trial. \u201cDo I look like somebody that cared?\u201d\u00a0\n<\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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