For many on Capitol Hill, the former President Donald Trump's guilty verdict didn't come as much of a surprise. For those on the left, of course the former president is guilty of much more than paying off a former mistress; some still even believe Russia is to blame for Trump's ascent.
The Trump wing sees the Democratic Party as behind an attempting jail of the nation's opposition leader. The more pressing, and more divisive, question for Republicans is what to do about it. For the Senate GOP, Trump's conviction has given leadership races new meaning.
"These charges never should have been brought in the first place. I expect the conviction to be overturned on appeal," McConnell tweeted. But McConnell hasn't been willing to offer much more than tweets of support for the former president.
"What an inspiring response from the Senate GOP Leader, shining in its passivity, conceding that Dems can lock up the presumptive GOP presidential nominee and he will do...wait for it...nothing," the Conservative Partnership Institute's Rachel Bovard tweeted.
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