FIRST ON FOX: Several senior Republicans are taking aim at those in the party who refused to speak out against former President Trump's guilty verdict at his trial in New York last week, a group that includes former U.N. ambassador Nikki Haley and the Former New Jersey Governor Chris. Cristi.
Republicans overwhelmingly rushed to Trump's defense after he was found guilty Thursday on all 34 counts of falsifying business records, and those most closely aligned with the former president are making sure those who don't know his inaction won't go unnoticed.
“I think it's important for Republicans to be united around a basic reality that many independents and even a good number of Democrats see clearly: This trial was a sham,” the former presidential candidate and strong Trump surrogate told Fox News Digital. , Vivek Ramaswamy.
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Former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley, former President Trump and former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie (Getty Images)
“It's a shame that a former president of the United States was convicted of a serious crime, when jurors were told they didn't even have to agree on what the crime was. It's un-American,” he said.
Alabama Sen. Tommy Tuberville took a more somber tone, telling Fox that Americans are now experiencing “an all-out war against our constitutional republic.”
“These soft RINOs are letting their hatred of Donald Trump stop them from fighting to save our country. They need to join together or officially announce that they prefer a socialist and communist regime,” he said.
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Alabama Republican Senator Tommy Tuberville (left) and former Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy. (Getty Images)
“This is much bigger than Donald Trump. This is about preserving the things that make our country the envy of the world. No true conservative should be able to say they care about America if they stand by and do nothing while the left destroys it.”
Tennessee Sen. Marsha Blackburn told Fox that “all Americans should be scared by the left's brazen escalation of its two levels of justice.”
“Joe Biden knows he can't beat Donald Trump at the polls, so he is using our justice system as a weapon to manufacture his desired outcome. As a party, Republicans must remain united behind President Trump and condemn this plan at all costs.” which is: electoral interference,” he said.
Utah Senator Mike Lee told Fox: “No Republican should remain silent in the midst of this unprecedented attack on free elections and America's impartial judicial system. The stakes are too high.”
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Tennessee Republican Senator Marsha Blackburn and Florida Republican Senator Rick Scott (Getty Images)
Florida Sen. Rick Scott told Fox that “everyone who calls themselves the leader of our party must stand up and condemn this illegal election interference,” a swipe at those who remain silent about Trump but also aimed at Minority Leader Mitch McConnell. , who is competing. replace as Senate Republican leader.
“Silence is not mere indifference. It is an endorsement of Joe Biden and the use of our justice system as a weapon,” he added.
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McConnell came to Trump's defense after the verdict, writing in a post on X: “These charges should never have been filed in the first place. I hope the conviction is overturned on appeal.”
Fox has reached out to representatives for Haley and Christie for comment.
Christie spoke at length on the campaign trail while running in the Republican presidential primary about Trump's legal problems, even predicting that he would be a “convicted felon” when he accepted the Republican nomination at the Republican National Convention in July.
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