John Thune: "It's a serious accusation which should only be made with facts and evidence and I haven't seen any yet." Asked if the president should stop making such accusations, Thune said: "Well I think that's a given.”
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GOP senators not touching this so far. They won’t weigh in, even when it’s explained to them. Rubio to me: "I didn't see it, you're telling me about it, I don't read Twitter, I only write on it." Cornyn says he hasn't seen it: "You know a lot of this stuff just goes over my head”https://twitter.com/Eugene_Scott/status/1270336068466991106 …
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Thune added: “But most of us up here would rather not be political commentators on the president's tweets. That's a daily exercise ... Like I said of what I seen, saw the tweet, saw the video, that's serious accusation."
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Tried to show Dan Sullivan the tweet, and he said: “I don’t want to comment right now. I’m on my way to a meeting. I’ll see it when I see it.” Sen. Kelly Loeffler wouldn’t answer a question about the tweet as she hopped on an elevator along with an aide
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“Voters can evaluate that,” Sen. Lamar Alexander said, adding: “I’m not going to give a running commentary on the president’s tweets.”
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“It was a shocking thing to say. And I won’t dignify it with any further comments,” Romney said.
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“No real response to it, but I don’t think it should be surprising in general because he tweets a lot so I don’t know how significant this one tweet is gonna be,” Braun said.http://www.cnn.com/2020/06/09/politics/trump-buffalo-protester-set-up-tweet/index.html …
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“It just makes no sense that we’re fanning the flames right at this time, this is not good,” Murkowski said of the Trump tweet
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So pleading willful ignorance? Sounds about right.
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Cowards.
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It shouldn't go over their freakin' heads!!! It should be addressed, not ignored! THIS IS WHY WE'RE IN THIS SITUATION!!!!!
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No, it should be swiftly condemned. Allowing it in the first place is the problem.
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