{"id":585796,"date":"2023-08-05T19:02:19","date_gmt":"2023-08-05T16:02:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/gop-statements-on-trump-indictment-clash-with-initial-jan-6-remarks\/"},"modified":"2023-08-05T19:02:19","modified_gmt":"2023-08-05T16:02:19","slug":"gop-statements-on-trump-indictment-clash-with-initial-jan-6-remarks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/gop-statements-on-trump-indictment-clash-with-initial-jan-6-remarks\/","title":{"rendered":"#GOP statements on Trump indictment clash with initial Jan. 6 remarks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/08\/AP23217019805134-e1691251453708.jpg?w=900\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>House Republicans flocked to former President Trump\u2019s side following his indictment on charges stemming from his efforts to overturn the 2020 election, criticizing it as politically motivated and accusing the Department of Justice (DOJ) of malpractice.<\/p>\n<p>But some of their responses were notably different from what they were saying privately and publicly around the time of the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot \u2014 which marked the culmination of Trump\u2019s attempts to stop the certification of Joe Biden\u2019s win and keep himself in power.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr1_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>The contrast between the reactions underscores the evolution of how GOP lawmakers talk about Jan. 6, which has been fueled in large part by Trump and the firm grip he continues to have on the Republican Party.<\/p>\n<p>The epitome of that shift has been Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), who said Trump bore responsibility for the riot shortly after the rampage before careening back to the former president\u2019s corner in the weeks that followed. He cemented that position Tuesday, when he accused the DOJ using the indictment of trying to \u201cdistract\u201d from investigations into President Biden and his family.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[J]ust yesterday a new poll showed President Trump is without a doubt Biden\u2019s leading political opponent. Everyone in America could see what was going to come next: DOJ\u2019s attempt to distract from the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a> and attack the frontrunner for the Republican nomination, President Trump,\u201d\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SpeakerMcCarthy\/status\/1686504890137235456?s=20\">McCarthy wrote on X<\/a>, the platform formerly known as <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>McCarthy also referenced a <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">series<\/a> of points Republicans have been citing in their investigations into the Biden family\u2019s business dealings \u2014\u00a0which the White House has denied \u2014 but did not comment on the charges at hand,\u00a0a strategy that has become the Speaker\u2019s norm when discussing allegations against Trump.<\/p>\n<p>Days after the Capitol riot, however, McCarthy did not mince words.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe President bears responsibility for Wednesday\u2019s attack on Congress by mob rioters,\u201d declared McCarthy, then the minority leader, on the House floor as lawmakers debated Trump\u2019s impeachment. \u201cHe should have immediately denounced the mob when he saw what was unfolding.\u201d<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr2_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>\u201cThese facts require immediate action by President Trump, accept his share of responsibility, quell the brewing unrest and ensure President-elect Biden is able to successfully begin his term,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Within a month of his floor speech, as it started becoming clear that the GOP would remain squarely behind Trump, McCarthy began softening his criticism of the former president, telling reporters he did not think Trump \u201cprovoked\u201d the Capitol riot. Later that week, he said Trump \u201chad some responsibility when it came to the response,\u201d before adding \u201cI also think everybody across this country has some responsibility.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And days after, McCarthy visited Trump at his Mar-a-Lago residence for a meeting largely focused on the upcoming midterm elections. But the gathering \u2014\u00a0and a photo of the two men standing side-by-side that circulated after \u2014\u00a0was perceived by many as an effort to mend the relationship between the two top Republicans as the party was fracturing amid fallout from Jan. 6.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr3_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>Since then, McCarthy has remained a close ally of Trump on Capitol Hill, defending him amid his various legal troubles and going as far as to endorse an effort to expunge his impeachments \u2014\u00a0including the one that followed the Jan. 6 riot.<\/p>\n<p>The dynamics reflect the strong influence Trump continues to wield with Republicans on the national stage and within the House GOP conference. Trump threw his support behind McCarthy\u2019s bid to be Speaker, which helped him secure the gavel, and the former president has far more congressional endorsements in his 2024 bid than any other GOP candidate.<\/p>\n<p>Poll after poll has shown Trump remains the unequivocal front-runner in the 2024 GOP primary for president. A New York Times\/Siena College survey released this week found Trump more than 30 points ahead of his closest opponent.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr4_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>Even Republicans who have endorsed one of Trump\u2019s 2024 opponents and were critical of the former president following the Capitol riot are slamming this week\u2019s indictment as an example of the \u201cweaponization\u201d of the federal government. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In remarks on the House floor on Jan. 13, 2021, Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas) \u2014\u00a0who has endorsed Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) for president over Trump \u2014\u00a0said Trump \u201cdeserves universal condemnation for what was clearly impeachable conduct, pressuring the vice president to violate his oath to the Constitution to count the electors.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHis open and public pressure \u2014 courageously rejected by the vice president \u2014 purposefully seeded the false belief among the president\u2019s supporters, including those assembled on Jan. 6, that there was a legal path for the president to stay in power. It was foreseeable and reckless to sow such a false belief that could lead to violence and rioting by loyal supporters whipped into a frenzy,\u201d he continued, before going on to criticize the impeachment articles as \u201cflawed.\u201d<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr5_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>But this week, Roy criticized the very indictment that penalized Trump for the actions he condemned in 2021 as \u201cflimsy.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you profess to care about preserving the \u2018Republic,\u2019 you must firmly reject a flimsy political indictment of a former President &amp; political challenger of a current President immersed in a bribery &amp; corruption scandal,\u201d Roy <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/chiproytx\/status\/1686721579990867968?s=20\">wrote on X<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.), another DeSantis supporter,\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/thedispatch.com\/newsletter\/uphill\/the-consequences-of-lying-to-people\/\">told The Dispatch<\/a>\u00a0days after the riot, \u201cI think Trump is at fault here,\u201d adding \u201cpeople did mislead the folks that came here, and Trump was among them.\u201d<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr6_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>\u201cHe insinuated that states wanted their electors thrown out, which was not true. I kept a spreadsheet of every document every state produced, and in no case did a majority of any legislature even put their name on the letter,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>This week, however, Massie said it was shameful for Trump to be charged.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs Gov. Ron DeSantis has repeatedly pointed out, the AG and DOJ work for the President as a fixture of the executive branch. They are not, nor have they ever been, an independent branch of govt. Biden has now shamefully criminally charged &amp; indicted a political opponent twice,\u201d he <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepThomasMassie\/status\/1686557331545280512?s=20\">wrote on X<\/a>.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr7_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>There are also some Republicans who texted Trump chief of staff Mark Meadows amid the chaos of Jan. 6\u00a0asking to have the president quell the violence who spoke out about Trump\u2019s indictment this week.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Jeff Duncan (R-S.C.), texted Meadows \u201cPOTUS needs to calm this shit down,\u201d according to messages <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2022\/06\/02\/politics\/read-mark-meadows-texts-january-6-capitol-riot\/index.html\">obtained by\u00a0CNN<\/a>, but on Tuesday <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepJeffDuncan\/status\/1686523242276642816?s=20\">he said Trump\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0was \u201ca victim of Biden\u2019s weaponized government.\u201d Similarly, Rep. Will Timmons (R-S.C.), who told Meadows, \u201cThe president needs to stop this ASAP\u201d on Jan. 6,\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepTimmons\/status\/1686720256935387137?s=20\">called the charges<\/a>\u00a0against Trump a \u201cpolitically motivated indictment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.), an ardent Trump supporter, texted Meadows amid the riots, \u201cPlease tell the President to calm people,\u201d and, \u201cThis isn\u2019t the way to solve anything.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This week, she railed against the indictment, re-upped her calls to defund special counsel Jack Smith\u2019s office and expunge Trump\u2019s impeachments, and vowed to vote for Trump in the 2024 election even if he is behind bars by the time Election Day rolls around.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI will still vote for Trump even if he\u2019s in jail,\u201d Greene <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mtgreenee\/status\/1686539566587449345?s=20\">wrote on X<\/a>. \u201cThis is a communist attack on America\u2019s first amendment to vote for who THE PEOPLE want for President by an attempt to take Trump off the ballots through a politically weaponized DOJ. People know exactly what this is.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Copyright 2023 Nexstar Media Inc. 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