{"id":666,"date":"2026-05-29T09:36:28","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T09:36:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nextaddressamerica.com\/?p=666"},"modified":"2026-05-29T09:36:28","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T09:36:28","slug":"gop-lawmakers-are-secretly-despising-trump-conservative","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nextaddressamerica.com\/?p=666","title":{"rendered":"GOP lawmakers are secretly despising Trump: conservative"},"content":{"rendered":"
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President Donald Trump is secretly loathed by many of the Republican lawmakers who publicly claim to support him, according to a conservative commentator.<\/p>\n

Read more \u2018Weak strongman\u2019 Trump is strangling his feeble party: analysis<\/a><\/p>\n

Quoting Rep. Nick Langworthy (R-NY) from the lawmaker\u2019s recent interview with Chataqua Today, The Bulwark\u2019s Joe Perticone defended Trump\u2019s $1.8 billion slush fund for Trump-linked institutions and Trump supporters by saying \u201cwe have to have really tight scrutiny, a really high burden of proof as to how those monies are going to be distributed. I don\u2019t think this should be seen as some direct slush fund for one particular event. I mean, there\u2019s obviously a lot of arguments about people that claim to be falsely imprisoned. Just because they were pardoned, doesn\u2019t mean that they were falsely imprisoned. They were charged and convicted of crimes\u2014and there were juries of their peers that did that. I just think that we need far more answers, and I think that there\u2019s many of us asking our leadership to go get to the bottom of that.\u201d<\/p>\n

Later in the same interview, Langworthy doubled down by echoing Trump\u2019s argument that his supporters have been victimized.<\/p>\n

\u201cPeople\u2019s lives and livelihoods have been ruined by lawfare and, you know, excessive aggression by the government,\u201d Langworthy said. \u201cBut, you know, the way that this came together with a settlement, I think we have a little ways to go.\u201d<\/p>\n

As Perticone pointed out, though, Langworthy expressed a very different view in a letter to a constituent this week.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhile I strongly condemn the unlawful disclosure of President Trump\u2019s tax returns and the weaponization of the federal government under President Biden, I do not believe American taxpayers should bear the financial cost for this weaponization,\u201d Langworthy told the constituent.<\/p>\n

Read more Trump doesn\u2019t want the GOP to win in November \u2014 and his actions prove it<\/a><\/p>\n

Other GOP lawmakers are attempting more subtle methods of flip-flopping.Rep. Laurel Lee (R-FL) wrote that \u201cthis is a rapidly evolving issue currently being addressed primarily in the Senate, and it remains unclear whether the House will consider related legislation or oversight measures.\u201d House Ways and Means Chairman Rep. Mike Kelly (R-PA) instead told constituents in a letter that Trump \u201cand his sons and family business\u201d had filed the $10 billion lawsuit against the IRS for the leaking of tax return information and added that the president \u201cmoved to voluntarily drop the $10 billion lawsuit as part of a settlement agreement.\u201d Although he promised to prioritize \u201csafeguarding taxpayer information,\u201d he refused to speak about the controversies surrounding the fund, including that it might pay Jan. 6th insurrectionists, line the president\u2019s pockets, involved self-dealing (Trump controls both the IRS that he sued and the Justice Department assigned to represent that agency) and was rushed to avoid judicial oversight.<\/p>\n

Perticone only identified one Republican who was willing to stay \u201cconsistent,\u201d the outgoing Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC).<\/p>\n

\u201cIn both public remarks and in letters to constituents, Tillis has fiercely opposed the fund,\u201d Perticone wrote. \u201cMuch of his opposition has centered on the character of the people standing back and standing by for a share of the money.\u201d<\/p>\n

He added, \u201c\u2018These people don\u2019t deserve restitution. Many of them deserve to be in prison,\u2019 Tillis said Thursday. \u2018But this is just stupid on stilts.\u2019 In a constituent letter the same week, Tillis wrote, \u2018I am opposed to this decision. Allegations of political bias within our justice system are serious matters, and I believe the DOJ must operate independently, impartially, and in accordance with the rule of law, regardless of who occupies the White House.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

Read more New study reveals the massive con on white voters<\/a><\/p>\n

Trump\u2019s $1.8 billion slush fund is controlled by five individuals to be selected by Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche. In addition to dispensing $1.8 billion without any oversight, the settlement bars the IRS from ever investigating either Trump or his family members for past tax issues.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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