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Pence, other Republicans issue rare rebuke of Trump over dinner with Fuentes and Ye
Source: Washington Post
Former vice president Mike Pence and numerous Republican lawmakers on Monday criticized Donald Trump for dining with the white nationalist Nick Fuentes and the rapper Ye, both of whom have a history of antisemitic remarks, marking a rare break with Trump in the upper echelons of the GOP.
Pence was most clear in his condemnation, saying in an interview with NewsNation, President Trump was wrong to give a white nationalist, an antisemite and a Holocaust denier a seat at the table. I think he should apologize for it, and he should denounce those individuals and their hateful rhetoric without qualification.
He joined several Republican senators who also directly criticized the former president in statements disavowing the dinner with Fuentes and Ye. Pences comments were also one of the clearest instances of the former vice president trying to set himself apart from Trump, whom he served for four years, amid the expectation that Pence will challenge Trump for the GOP presidential nomination in 2024.
Other Senate Republicans kept their comments focused on Fuentes specifically, or antisemitism broadly, avoiding speaking directly about Trump, in a sign of the continuing influence the former president holds over the party.
Pence was most clear in his condemnation, saying in an interview with NewsNation, President Trump was wrong to give a white nationalist, an antisemite and a Holocaust denier a seat at the table. I think he should apologize for it, and he should denounce those individuals and their hateful rhetoric without qualification.
He joined several Republican senators who also directly criticized the former president in statements disavowing the dinner with Fuentes and Ye. Pences comments were also one of the clearest instances of the former vice president trying to set himself apart from Trump, whom he served for four years, amid the expectation that Pence will challenge Trump for the GOP presidential nomination in 2024.
Other Senate Republicans kept their comments focused on Fuentes specifically, or antisemitism broadly, avoiding speaking directly about Trump, in a sign of the continuing influence the former president holds over the party.
Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/11/28/pence-trump-fuentes-dinner/
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Pence, other Republicans issue rare rebuke of Trump over dinner with Fuentes and Ye (Original Post)
brooklynite
Nov 2022
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Bev54
(10,053 posts)1. He should apologize and denounce those individuals?
Has he met Donald Trump?
Obvious85
(259 posts)2. Ooh So Courageous
Profiles in Courage - SARCASM
BOSSHOG
(37,062 posts)3. Pence. The poster boy for Republican leadership
The Young Chief told the unruly Young Sailor in a stern and harsh manner, dont come back to work until you get a haircut. The Young Chief never saw the Young Sailor again.
Mawspam2
(731 posts)4. It doesn't matter. We know who they are.
They are Trump/Ye/Fuentes/KKK.
czarjak
(11,278 posts)5. Repuke's rebukes be bullshit.
question everything
(47,486 posts)6. Does this group include the turtle? McCarthy?