US EditionSenate Republican Criticizes Trump’s Post About Reiner
Several Republican lawmakers condemned Trump’s social media post mocking Rob Reiner after the director’s murder, highlighting a rare GOP rebuke of the former president’s divisive rhetoric.
- On Monday, President Donald Trump posted a social-media message suggesting Rob Reiner had brought about his own death and doubled down at the Oval Office calling him `a deranged person`.
- Reiner and his wife were killed Dec. 14 in Los Angeles, and their son is held on $4 million bail, officials said.
- Within hours, congressional Republicans criticized the post, with Rep. Mike Lawler calling it wrong, saying `It’s a horrible tragedy that should engender sympathy and compassion from everyone in our country, period`, and Reps. Stephanie Bice and Thomas Massie urging prayer for the family.
- The episode has made Republicans less willing to excuse such attacks, as Republican members of Congress showed notable proactive engagement and politicians now face fewer repercussions when opposing Donald Trump.
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David Graham: “The post was nauseating even by Trump’s standards. Though Reiner was an outspoken Trump critic and longtime progressive activist, no serious reports have tied the deaths to his politics. Police have arrested the Reiners’ younger son, who had spoken publicly about struggling with addiction and homelessness. This makes Trump’s post seem even stranger. Did he invent this idea in the hope that a Trump supporter had killed the Reiners?…
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Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) said Monday that President Trump should not have weighed in on the deaths of acclaimed actor and director Rob Reiner and his wife, Michele Singer Reiner, who were found with stab wounds over the weekend at their home in Los Angeles. Kennedy joined a growing chorus of Republicans pushing back on…
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