Missouri & Kansas GOP Politicos Condemn Fmr. Prez Trump Indictment

Tonight's outrage and the start of a terrifying new era in the American discourse.

Here are two highlights & more info . . .

Lawmakers in both Kansas and Missouri reacted to the indictment.

U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) called the indictment an “assault on our democracy.”

“Tonight’s indictment of Donald Trump isn’t about the law,” Hawley said on Twitter. “It’s about power. Raw power. It’s the Democrat Party telling the nation they will stop at nothing to control the outcome of the next presidential election. It is an assault on our democracy, pure and simple.”

U.S. House Rep. Mark Alford (R-MO) also said it undermines America’s judicial institutions, calling it a “joke.”

“This indictment is a direct undermining of our judicial institutions,” Alford said. “Never before have we seen something like this. Anyone who tells you this is not political persecution is lying. What a joke!”

From former SecState Mike Pompeo:

“The Manhattan DA is undermining America’s confidence in our legal system. Bragg is the same Soros-funded prosecutor who refuses to prosecute violent crimes and who has downgraded more than half of all felonies to misdemeanors,” Pompeo, a former Wichita congressman who served in Trump’s Cabinet, said on Twitter.

Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com link . . .

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