“This was a sham show trial. The Kangaroo Court will never stand on appeal.” - Gov Greg Abbott (Texas)"This verdict is a disgrace, and this trial should have never happened." - Sen. John Cornyn (Texas)
“This is a dark day for America.” - Sen. Ted Cruz (Texas)
“These charges never should have been brought in the first place.” - Sen. Mitch McConnell (Kentucky)
“I won’t stand by while the leader of our party is ambushed by our own government.” - Rep. Steve Scalise (Louisiana)
“This was certainly a hoax, a sham.” - Sen. Tim Scott (South Carolina)
"Just witnessed the most egregious example of election interference and an outright mockery of the rule of law in the 246-year history of our Republic." - Senate candidate Kari Lake (Arizona)
"A shameful day in American history. This was a purely political exercise, not a legal one." - House Speaker Mike Johnson (Louisiana)
“A disgrace to the judicial system.” - Sen. J.D. Vance (Ohio)
“This verdict says more about the system than the allegations.” - Sen. Lindsey Graham (South Carolina)
“Politically motivated from the beginning, and today’s verdict does nothing to absolve the partisan nature of this prosecution.” - Sen. John Thune (South Dakota)
"A complete travesty that makes a mockery of our system of justice." - Sen. Marco Rubio (Florida)
"This was a sham, rigged political show trial from the very beginning." - Sen. Tom Cotton (Arkansas)
"The verdict shows how corrupt and rigged the American justice system has become under Joe Biden." - Rep. Elise Stefanik (New York)
The quotes above are just a sample of Republican reactions to the felony conviction of Donald Trump. Republicans across the nation are not only condemning the verdict, but our entire system of justice.
This is strange for a party that has in the past prided itself on being the "law and order" party. I remember when it became obvious that Richard Nixon had violated the law. A group of Republican senators went to the White House and demanded he resign - telling him they would vote for his impeachment if he did not. Whatever one might think of these GOP senators on other issues, they did believe in the rule of law and believed that no one was above the law.
Today's Republican Party is very different. They no longer believe in the rule of law. They believe a Republican president should be above the law. They now believe is a two-tier system of "justice" - one for rich, white, Republican men, and another for the rest of the country (especially the poor, nonwhites, the young, and women who want an abortion).
Now they stand ready to nominate a man who has been convicted of 34 felonies (and likely will also be convicted of federal felony charges) to be their candidate for president.
They should be ashamed!
