{"id":1597365,"date":"2022-08-09T16:25:35","date_gmt":"2022-08-09T20:25:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1597365"},"modified":"2022-08-09T16:25:54","modified_gmt":"2022-08-09T20:25:54","slug":"i-am-here-today-to-talk-about-the-flood-mcconnell-dodges-question-on-trump-raid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/i-am-here-today-to-talk-about-the-flood-mcconnell-dodges-question-on-trump-raid\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018I Am Here Today To Talk About The Flood\u2019: McConnell Dodges Question On Trump Raid"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fi-am-here-today-to-talk-about-the-flood-mcconnell-dodges-question-on-trump-raid%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1597365&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Screen-Shot-2022-08-09-at-3.49.29-PM-e1660074658113.png\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell dodged questions Tuesday about the Federal Bureau of Investigation\u2019s (FBI) raid on former President Donald Trump\u2019s Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida.<\/p>\n<p>McConnell was <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/McConnellPress\/status\/1557066903511711745?s=20&#038;t=59Q9Sauh4B1lCC0ErofhOQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">traveling<\/a> through the eastern part of Kentucky to discuss disaster relief following <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/07\/29\/kentucky-flooding-death-toll-state-emergency\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">deadly storms and floods<\/a> that hit the state when a reporter asked him about the Mar-a-Lago raid.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat is your reaction to the FBI raid yesterday at Mar-a-Lago?\u201d the reporter asked McConnell.<\/p>\n<div id=\"rev-more-content\">\n<p>The Senate minority leader has yet to publicly comment on the raid despite several of his <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/08\/09\/potential-2024-contenders-ron-desantis-react-mar-a-lago-raid-donald-trump-fbi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">counterparts coming out forcefully<\/a> against the <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/08\/09\/cnn-david-axelrod-trump-raid-mar-a-lago-doj\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">unprecedented<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/08\/09\/morning-joe-scarborough-trump-mar-a-lago-raid-fascists\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">event<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat Nixon tried to do, Biden has now implemented: The Biden Admin has fully weaponized DOJ &#038; FBI to target their political enemies,\u201d Republican Texas Sen. Ted Cruz <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tedcruz\/status\/1556840953511550976?s=20&#038;t=_NmY-wb_aHLDx09qhmSbRQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">tweeted<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Former Vice President Mike Pence <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mike_Pence\/status\/1557031914829135872\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">expressed<\/a> \u201cdeep concern \u2026 over the unprecedented search of the personal residence of President Trump\u201d and said the incident has \u201cthe appearance of continued partnership.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/08\/08\/donald-trump-statement-fbi-raid-mar-a-lago-florida\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">announced<\/a> Monday evening that his Mar-a-Lago residence had been raided by the FBI. While the exact reason for the search is unclear, the Department of Justice is investigating the possible mishandling of documents after 15 boxes of classified White House documents that <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/ZVX38#selection-1319.106-1378.0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">allegedly<\/a> ended up at Mar-a-Lago.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cThese are dark times for our Nation, as my beautiful home, Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida, is currently under siege, raided, and occupied by a large group of FBI agents,\u201d Trump said. \u201cNothing like this has ever happened to a President of the United States before.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell dodged questions Tuesday about the Federal Bureau of Investigation\u2019s (FBI) raid on former President Donald Trump\u2019s Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida.McConnell was traveling through the eastern<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":74,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1597365","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1597365","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/74"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1597365"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1597365\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1597365"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1597365"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1597365"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}