{"id":2262373,"date":"2024-06-07T14:58:02","date_gmt":"2024-06-07T18:58:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-gop-targets-vulnerable-democrats-in-trump-won-districts-over-silence-on-guilty-verdict\/"},"modified":"2024-06-07T14:59:42","modified_gmt":"2024-06-07T18:59:42","slug":"house-gop-targets-vulnerable-democrats-in-trump-won-districts-over-silence-on-guilty-verdict","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-gop-targets-vulnerable-democrats-in-trump-won-districts-over-silence-on-guilty-verdict\/","title":{"rendered":"House GOP criticizes vulnerable Democrats in districts won by Trump for not commenting on guilty verdict"},"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\">32<\/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%2Fhouse-gop-targets-vulnerable-democrats-in-trump-won-districts-over-silence-on-guilty-verdict%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=2262373&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--><p>Whttps\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3003552\/trump-s-criticism-unites-house-republicans-in-competitive-election&#8221; target=&#8221;_blank&#8221; rel=&#8221;noopener&#8221; title>supporting<\/a> the former president during his second <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/julia-letlow-wins-special-election-for-late-husbands-congressional-seat\/\" title=\"Julia Letlow Wins Special Election For Late Husband\u2019s Congressional Seat\">impeachment trial earlier<\/a> this year.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p>House Republicans plan to\u2063 target Democratic incumbents running in districts won by Donald \u200cTrump in 2020 who have avoided\u2064 commenting on his guilty verdict in his New York criminal case. Some lawmakers in these districts have remained silent, prompting\u2064 Republicans to\u2062 challenge them on the issue. Meanwhile, House Democrats are also targeting Republicans in \u2064Biden-won districts for supporting Trump during his second\u2064 impeachment trial.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>House Republicans are preparing to target vulnerable Democratic incumbents running in districts won by Donald Trump in 2020 who have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3024584\/vulnerable-senate-democrats-dodge-trump-guilty-verdict\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>avoided commenting<\/a> on the former president\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3027506\/trump-conviction-boosts-fundraising-gop-candidates\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>guilty verdict<\/a> in his New York criminal case. <\/p>\n<p>Several Democratic lawmakers were quick to seize on Trump\u2019s 34-count conviction last week, attacking the former president as a felon who is unfit for office. However, some members from districts that are likely to back Trump\u2019s reelection bid in November have remained silent, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3023260\/gop-lawmakers-decry-trump-guilty-verdict\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>prompting Republicans<\/a> to challenge them on the issue. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cTrump-district Democrats are hiding in the bushes refusing to comment on their party\u2019s weaponization of the justice system to convict President Trump because they endorse Joe Biden\u2019s kangaroo court,\u201d said Will Reinert, spokesman for the National Republican Congressional Committee. \u201cUnfortunately for these ultra-vulnerable Democrats, voters will be issuing the final verdict, and it will include a sentence that sends them into retirement from Congress.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>There are five House Democrats seeking reelection in districts won by Trump in 2020. That means those lawmakers will need to win over voters who are likely to back the former president in November in districts that are considered to be some of the most competitive of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/2024-elections\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>2024 cycle<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Rep. Jared Golden (D-ME) was the first of the five to weigh in, releasing a statement shortly after the verdict that he respects the jury\u2019s decision, noting it would likely influence how the district would vote in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/are-covid-case-surges-more-fake-news\/\" title=\"Are COVID Case Surges More Fake News?\">presidential election<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn this case, former President Trump has had his day in court and has been found guilty by a jury of his peers. I respect the jury\u2019s decision,\u201d he said. \u201cAs to the many questions I\u2019ve received about the politics of this decision, let me say this: As of today, Donald Trump is the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Republican\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Republican<\/a> candidate for president. I have no doubt that information about this verdict will feature in the campaign. I trust the people of Maine with their votes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Other lawmakers tiptoed around the issue, expressing their support for the legal process while being careful not to attack Trump directly. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy focus is on constituents and bringing home transformative investments to help our region thrive,\u201d Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D-OH) said in a statement. \u201cI respect the legal process and rule of law, which is foundational to American life. The most important outcome of this entire situation must yield a UNITED States of America. Unity not division is in our nation\u2019s best interest.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, House Democrats are also planning to weaponize Trump\u2019s conviction against vulnerable Republicans, targeting incumbents in Biden-won districts for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.notus.org\/congress\/right-to-remain-silent-vulnerable-house-republicans-avoid-trump-verdict\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>similarly declining to comment<\/a> on the verdict. <\/p>\n<p>However, some Republican lawmakers <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3024440\/battleground-republicans-prepare-run-felon-trump-ticket\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>were quick to decry the criminal conviction,<\/a> hoping Trump\u2019s claim that he is the victim of a political prosecution will resonate in their states and districts.<\/p>\n<p>Even before Trump was found guilty of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/are-the-charges-brought-against-the-trump-organizations-cfo-part-of-a-witch-hunt-experts-weigh-in\/\" title=\"Are The Charges Brought Against The Trump Organization\u2019s CFO Part Of A Witch Hunt? Experts Weigh In\">falsifying business records<\/a>, Democrats were planning to tie Republicans in swing districts to what they <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3030284\/dnc-first-billboard-trump-convicted-felon\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>call the former president\u2019s \u201cMAGA extremism.\u201d<\/a> The strategy is credited with blunting a red wave in the midterm elections last year.<\/p>\n<p>But the conviction has given them fresh ammunition to attack those Republicans, suggesting they are undermining the rule of law with their support for Trump.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee unveiled a new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Campaign\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>campaign<\/a> this week targeting Biden-district Republicans who have expressed support for Trump in the wake of his conviction, accusing them of \u201cbending the knee\u201d to the former president. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf these so-called moderates won\u2019t hold Trump accountable for 34 felonies, how can the American public expect them to stand up to him as he attacks access to contraception, denies the election, and promises to rule as a dictator on Day One?\u201d said DCCC spokesman Viet Shelton.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>House Republicans plan to focus on vulnerable Democrats in districts Trump won in 2020, who haven&#8217;t commented on his New York criminal case verdict. 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