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Trump’s calls for political vengeance worry Senate GOP
The Hill ^ | 06/10/24 6:00 AM ET | BY ALEXANDER BOLTON

Posted on 06/10/2024 10:25:42 AM PDT by RandFan

Some Senate Republicans are expressing concerns over former President Trump’s calls for political vengeance after the 2024 election, warning that retaliatory prosecutions will lead the country down a bad road.

The Senate GOP’s top leaders — Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.) and Whip John Thune (S.D.) — have shown no desire to embrace Trump’s calls to prosecute senior Biden administration officials or his longtime nemesis Hillary Clinton.

And some GOP senators are pushing back against conservative colleagues who want to freeze Justice Department funding or defund special counsel Jack Smith’s criminal prosecutions of Trump.

They don’t want to stumble into a government shutdown by waging war over the Justice Department’s budget or taking other retaliatory steps favored by Trump’s allies.

Sen. Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) says he thought Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s (D) case against Trump was “an unjust prosecution.”

But he’s concerned about Trump’s vow to retaliate with politically motivated prosecutions from his own Justice Department if he’s elected in November.

“This is not the direction we want this country to go,” he said.

(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Front Page News; Government; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: alexanderbolton; bushcrimefamily; johnthune; mikerounds; mitchmcconnell; rinosedition
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Mike Rounds 😡
1 posted on 06/10/2024 10:25:42 AM PDT by RandFan
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To: RandFan

Once again, the double standards apply: the left can wage lawfare against the right, but if the right pushes back, it’s a threat to the Republic.


2 posted on 06/10/2024 10:28:11 AM PDT by Steve_Seattle
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To: RandFan

Yea, well, Mitch is as deep in the deep state as any democrap. He’s looking at protecting his own a*s..


3 posted on 06/10/2024 10:28:46 AM PDT by GeorgiaDawg32
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To: RandFan

It’s not “politically motivated prosecution” if they have broken the law...It’s prosecuting an illegal activity...

Nothing wrong with that.......


4 posted on 06/10/2024 10:29:39 AM PDT by JBW1949 (I'm really PC.....Patriotically Correct)
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To: RandFan

When did Trump do that? First I’ve heard of it......all I’ve heard is libs saying it.


5 posted on 06/10/2024 10:29:56 AM PDT by V_TWIN (America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave!)
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To: RandFan

Trump has a list and some of their names are on it.


6 posted on 06/10/2024 10:30:30 AM PDT by bigbob
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To: RandFan
God can decide what he wants to do with these two ass clowns. But if God decides sooner than later, who am I to second guess God? I say "go for it, Lord!"

7 posted on 06/10/2024 10:30:54 AM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie (LORD, grant thy people grace to withstand the temptations of the world, the flesh, and the devil.)
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The senate GOP = uniparty so of course they’re opposed. They’ve been supporting of attacking Trump since day one and against any retaliation whatsoever.


8 posted on 06/10/2024 10:30:58 AM PDT by Jonny7797
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To: V_TWIN

The article references a Dr Phil interview


9 posted on 06/10/2024 10:31:43 AM PDT by RandFan
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To: V_TWIN

The article references a Dr Phil interview


10 posted on 06/10/2024 10:31:44 AM PDT by RandFan
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To: RandFan

What happened to “No One Is Above The Law”?


11 posted on 06/10/2024 10:31:47 AM PDT by JoSixChip (P.S. There’s a fed in that thread you’re in right now.)
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... warning that retaliatory prosecutions will lead the country down a bad road.

No, really? What's this road we're on now?

12 posted on 06/10/2024 10:31:54 AM PDT by Mr Ramsbotham ("God is a spirit, and man His means of walking on the earth.")
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It’s not revenge he’s lookin’ for....it’s a reckoning.


13 posted on 06/10/2024 10:32:16 AM PDT by Liberty Ship ("Lord, make me fast and accurate.")
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He didn’t call for vengeance, ever. He called for JUSTICE. He said these people committed serious crimes against the nation, and with him as a victim of their criminal depredations.

Arresting and prosecuting criminals is not “revenge”.
This is just like prosecuting a bank robber for their crime.
They violated his civil rights under color of law. They engaged in RICO conspiracies, Bribery, Espionage act and Classified document crimes, Child molesting, Money Laundering etc.

They must be prosecuted. And it should happen in Lubbock Texas.


14 posted on 06/10/2024 10:32:47 AM PDT by DesertRhino (2016 Star Wars, 2020 The Empire Strikes Back, 2024... RETURN OF THE JEDI. )
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The “Senate GOP” is just the Red Team of the Uniparty. If they have committed crimes like some on the Blue Team may have done (Menendez?), they should be extremely worried.


15 posted on 06/10/2024 10:32:50 AM PDT by Cincinnatus.45-70 (What do DemocRats enjoy more than a truckload of dead babies? Unloading them with a pitchfork!)
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The country is already down a dark path you egregious RINO cowards.


16 posted on 06/10/2024 10:33:38 AM PDT by Seruzawa ("The Political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence" - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
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Not retribution. Just enforcing the law on every Democrat. Just keep saying... NO ONE IS ABOVE THE LAW.


17 posted on 06/10/2024 10:34:12 AM PDT by A Mississippian (Proud 7th generaion Mississippian)
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To: RandFan

> retaliatory prosecutions will lead the country down a bad road.

The road Biden already took us down and RINOs keep us on with no resistance?


18 posted on 06/10/2024 10:34:33 AM PDT by ArcadeQuarters (You can't remove RINOs by voting for them!)
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To: RandFan

Mitch must be scared he’ll back his Tesla into a lake while he’s locked inside.


19 posted on 06/10/2024 10:35:04 AM PDT by DocRock
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#6: "Trump has a list and some of their names are on it."

He's making a list, and checking it twice …

It's going to be payback time, in spades. This year is going to be a very sad Christmas for all the quisling.

20 posted on 06/10/2024 10:35:13 AM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie (LORD, grant thy people grace to withstand the temptations of the world, the flesh, and the devil.)
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