Grassley's team points me to CNN:— Lindsay Wise (@lindsaywise) June 2, 2020
"Asked about the fact that the protesters were acting peacefully, Grassley said: 'It's all assumed to be peaceful until someone that's got a terrorist activity or a rioting activity, you don't know that until it happens.'"https://t.co/8OMjsI4ivW
So, you know, if you stop the peaceful protestors from turning violent by turning violence on them first, it's a win/win!
I hear Susan Collins is concerned! But what do other GOP Senators think?.@lisamurkowski added that she is trying to figure out where her Republican colleagues stand right now while so many in the country are in pain and hurting right now.— Leigh Ann Caldwell (@LACaldwellDC) June 2, 2020
“I'm not quite sure sure if we are focused on the right things right now,”
she said of her GOP colleagues
Sen. Pat Roberts, R-Kan. “I don’t have any comment on that.”— Kasie Hunt (@kasie) June 2, 2020
Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., does stop to talk and says “we all could” do better when asked if POTUS could do better.— Kasie Hunt (@kasie) June 2, 2020
Sen. Mike Enzi, R-Wyo.: “Sorry, I’m late for lunch.”— Kasie Hunt (@kasie) June 2, 2020
Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska: What we saw last night “was not the America that I know.”— Kasie Hunt (@kasie) June 2, 2020
Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio: “I’m late for lunch.”— Kasie Hunt (@kasie) June 2, 2020
Sen. Steve Daines, R-Mont.: “I was grateful for the president’s leadership.” Says George Floyd was murdered but looting is not acceptable.— Kasie Hunt (@kasie) June 2, 2020
.@SenTedCruz said the president was “exactly right” to go to St. John’s yesterday after the “act of terrorism.”— Leigh Ann Caldwell (@LACaldwellDC) June 2, 2020
And then told @kasie that the protestors abused their power, not the president
Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., stops to talk to cameras, says he has seen “conflicting reports” of what happened at the White House. Says looting and violence is detracting from what should be the focus on George Floyd.— Kasie Hunt (@kasie) June 2, 2020
Sen. Mitch McConnell speaking now. Opens news conference by addressing George Floyd protests.— Kasie Hunt (@kasie) June 2, 2020
“Egregious wrongs have been done. Much of it recorded.”
Questions TK after other GOP leaders speak.
I asked Sen. McConnell if President Trump’s leadership was right for this moment. “I’m not going to critique other people’s performances,” he said.— Kasie Hunt (@kasie) June 2, 2020
Well, other white people's performances, anyway.
McConnell’s critique of Obama last month: “he should have kept his mouth shut." https://t.co/E7Z7kdmaXP— Bianna Golodryga (@biannagolodryga) June 2, 2020
And away from the GOP:
The more excuses you make for Trump, the fewer excuses history will make for you.— Windsor Mann (@WindsorMann) June 2, 2020
Tonight, I’m proud that we impeached this corrupt, cruel, cowardly president, and I am gut-wrenchingly sad that the Senate GOP lacked the courage and honor to remove him from office. https://t.co/ZiMDxUe8rw— Rep. Val Demings (@RepValDemings) June 2, 2020
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