A rising number of Republicans are calling on Donald Trump to express regret for a dinner with white nationalist and antisemitic guests.
, who lost her primary to a Trump-backed challenger, attributed McCarthy's reticence to his efforts to become speaker of the House with the votes of pro-Trump members."I know you want to be Speaker, but are you willing to be completely amoral?" she said on Twitter.
Criticism from pro-Trump lawmakers was muted. Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., said"the meeting was bad" and Trump"shouldn't have done it." Graham also said,"I don’t think it’ll matter in terms of his political future, but I do believe we need to watch who we meet with." While calling for an apology, Pence also defended the ex-president by telling NewsNation:"I don’t believe Donald Trump is an anti-Semite. I don’t believe he’s a racist or a bigot. I would not have been his vice president if he was."– who voted to convict Trump in both of his impeachment cases, the Jan 6 insurrection as well as Trump's efforts to pressure the Ukraine government to investigate Biden – was scornful of the Fuentes and Ye meeting.
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