Kevin McCarthy and Mitch McConnell, the GOP leaders in the House and Senate, respectively, have not spoken publicly about the dinner.
Former Vice President Mike Pence gestures as he speaks during a Republican Jewish Coalition Annual Leadership Meeting in Las Vegas on Nov. 18, 2022.Multiple high-profile Republican lawmakers returning to Washington on Mondayover his dinner last week with white nationalist Nick Fuentes and rapper Ye, formerly known as Kanye West.
The dinner was attended by Fuentes, Ye -- who recently lost major business deals over his own antisemitic remarks -- and Florida Republican political operative Karen Giorno. "I think it's been clear there's no bottom to the degree to which President Trump will degrade himself and the nation," Romney said.
Some Republican lawmakers on Monday declined to criticize Trump directly but said the meeting was still wrong and that it indicates Trump is not being served well by his aides. And Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., said "the meeting was bad" but accused the press of a "double standard" because he said that Democrats didn't face similar coverage when associating with polarizing figures. Still, he said, "I think Trump should be talking about what he did as president and how he could fix the problems that America is living with, and any day he is not doing that is a bad day for him.
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