FBI Raid Could Turn Trump Into ‘Martyr’ in 2024 Presidential Race: Analysts
Some analysts suggested that Monday’s FBI raid on former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence in Florida has upended the 2024 presidential race and possibly the midterms.
Republican leaders, such as Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), rushed to defend Trump and demanded congressional investigations into the FBI. Before the raid, McConnell and some other GOP lawmakers had become increasingly critical of the former president in the wake of the Jan. 6 Capitol incident.
“The country deserves a thorough and immediate explanation of what led to the events of Monday,” McConnell said in a statement. “Attorney General Garland and the Department of Justice should already have provided answers to the American people and must do so immediately.”
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) went a step further and called for an investigation, saying, “Department of Justice has reached an intolerable state of weaponized politicization.”
A host of other Republicans, including Trump critic Gov. Larry Hogan of Maryland, erupted over the news.
“The American people deserve to know all the facts as soon as possible, and I call on the Biden administration to release–at a minimum–the documents authorizing the FBI search,” Hogan said in a statement. “If the federal government cannot ultimately provide overwhelming evidence that action was absolutely necessary, then it will only undermine faith in democracy and the rule of law, and further divide Americans.”
And the Republican National Committee is now using the raid as ammunition for 2022 midterm elections this fall, with texts reading: “THIS IS NOT A DRILL: UNPRECEDENTED move [Joe] Biden’s FBI RAIDS Pres. Trump’s home. Time to take back Congress.”
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who has been viewed as a 2024 presidential candidate, came to Trump’s defense. The raid on Mar-a-Lago “is another escalation in the weaponization of federal agencies against the Regime’s political opponents, while people like
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