Congressional Republicans were largely silent after POLITICO revealed Donald Trump dined with white supremacist Nicholas Fuentes.
“The wall to wall silence from the incoming majority is speaking volumes,” Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.) said.
What’s happening: Revelations first reported by POLITICO that former President Donald Trump dined last week with white nationalist, racist and antisemite Nick Fuentes — alongside the rapper Kanye West, who now goes by Ye — drew little public reaction or pushback from congressional Republicans.
What reaction there was came from anti-Trump Republicans, like Reps. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) and Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) who are not returning to Congress next year.
First, @RepMTG and now, @realDonaldTrump hanging around with this anti-Semitic, pro-Putin, white supremacist. This isn’t complicated. It’s indefensible. https://t.co/Y3Jgc0p4eK
— Liz Cheney (@Liz_Cheney) November 26, 2022
Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.), who voted to convict Trump in his second impeachment trial, denounced the dinner on Monday — becoming one of the few Republicans to do so explicitly using Trump’s name.
President Trump hosting racist antisemites for dinner encourages other racist antisemites. These attitudes are immoral and should not be entertained. This is not the Republican Party.
— U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (@SenBillCassidy) November 28, 2022
On Sunday, when asked directly about Trump’s decision to dine with Fuentes, incoming House Oversight Committee Chair Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.) only told NBC’s “Meet the Press” that the former president “certainly needs better judgment in who he dines with.”
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This one won’t go away. Republicans grew quite adept at evading questions about Trump’s behavior during his prior term in office, but expect senior leaders to face questions this week about Fuentes when they return to Washington. His dining decision has reportedly left those in his own orbit reeling, after all.
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