2024 GOP Presidential Candidates React to Potential Trump Jan. 6 Indictment

Jul 18, 2023 View Original Article
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"Former Republican South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, who served as the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations during the Trump administration, suggested Mr. Trump should bow out of the 2024 Republican contest, saying it will only serve as a distraction for the rest of the primary."
Negative
-12% Liberal
"She said responding to Mr. Trump's legal woes takes the Republican emphasis off of other critical issues in the election, such as foreign policy, the national debt, and border security."
Negative
-28% Liberal
"In a video statement addressing the developments against the former president, businessman Vivek Ramaswamy called potential charges against Mr. Trump un-American.We're not supposed to be a country where the party in power uses police force to indict and eliminate its political opponents, Mr. Ramaswamy said."
Negative
-34% Liberal
"The former president decried the development as a WITCH HUNT, an act of ELECTION INTERFERENCE, and a COMPLETE AND TOTAL POLITICAL WEAPONIZATION OF LAW ENFORCEMENT by President Joe Biden's administration against the leading Republican presidential candidate."
Negative
-48% Liberal
"He should have come out more forcefully, of course, that, Mr. DeSantis said at a campaign event in South Carolina on Tuesday."
Positive
12% Conservative
"The rest of this primary election is going to be in reference to Trump, it's going to be about lawsuits, it's going to be about legal fees, it's going to be about judges, and it's going to continue to be a further and further distraction, Ms. Haley said in an interview with Fox News."
Positive
6% Conservative
"The rest of this primary election is going to be in reference to Trump, it's going to be about lawsuits, it's going to be about legal fees, it's going to be about judges, and it's going to continue to be a further and further distraction, Ms. Haley said in an interview with Fox News."
Positive
6% Conservative
"I have said from the begiing that Donald Trump's actions on January 6 should disqualify him from ever being President again."
Positive
0% Conservative
"As a former federal prosecutor, I understand the severity of Grand Jury investigations and what it means to be targeted by such an investigation, Mr. Hutchinson's said in a press statement."
Positive
0% Conservative
"As Mr. Trump spoke at the Ellipse, some of the gathered crowds began moving over to the Capitol, and some people entered the building and clashed with Capitol Police, disrupting congressional proceedings."
Negative
-6% Liberal
"Former Republican South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, who served as the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations during the Trump administration, suggested Mr. Trump should bow out of the 2024 Republican contest, saying it will only serve as a distraction for the rest of the primary."
Negative
-12% Liberal
"Former Republican South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, who served as the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations during the Trump administration, suggested Mr. Trump should bow out of the 2024 Republican contest, saying it will only serve as a distraction for the rest of the primary."
Negative
-12% Liberal
"Former Republican South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, who served as the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations during the Trump administration, suggested Mr. Trump should bow out of the 2024 Republican contest, saying it will only serve as a distraction for the rest of the primary."
Negative
-12% Liberal
"During the campaign event, Mr. DeSantis said he hadn't been able to look more closely at the possible developments involving Mr. Trump and the Jan. 6 case."
Negative
-14% Liberal
"During the campaign event, Mr. DeSantis said he hadn't been able to look more closely at the possible developments involving Mr. Trump and the Jan. 6 case."
Negative
-14% Liberal
"(Jey Jing/The Epoch Times)Several contenders in the 2024 Republican presidential race are sharing their thoughts after one of their competitors, former President Donald Trump, indicated he may be indicted over the breach at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021."
Negative
-18% Liberal
"Mr. Trump published a press statement on Tuesday, revealing he received a letter from special counsel Jack Smith on Sunday night that informed him he is the target of an investigation into the breach of the U.S. Capitol and giving him four days to report to a grand jury."
Negative
-18% Liberal
"As the then-president, Mr. Trump had called on supporters to rally in Washington D.C. on Jan. 6 as he raised objections to the certification of the 2020 election results."
Negative
-18% Liberal
"Donald Trump has confirmed that he is a target of this investigation and will likely be indicted once again."
Negative
-24% Liberal
"It remains to be seen what, if any charges may come against Mr. Trump over the breach at the U.S. Capitol more than two and a half years ago."
Negative
-28% Liberal
"She said responding to Mr. Trump's legal woes takes the Republican emphasis off of other critical issues in the election, such as foreign policy, the national debt, and border security."
Negative
-18% Liberal
"While Donald Trump would like the American people to believe that he is the victim in this situation, the truth is that the real victims of January 6th were our democracy, our rule of law, and those Capitol Police officers who worked valiantly to protect our Capitol."
Negative
-28% Liberal
"Then-President Donald Trump at the Stop the Steal rally in Washington on Jan. 6, 2021."
Negative
-32% Liberal
"Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who has consistently ranked second in Republican primary polling, gave a mixed reaction to Mr. Trump's comments about a potential indictment, saying the former president could have done more to stop the chaos at the Capitol on Jan. 6, but suggested Mr. Trump's actions weren't criminal and criticized the idea of jailing political opponents."
Negative
-32% Liberal
"Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who has consistently ranked second in Republican primary polling, gave a mixed reaction to Mr. Trump's comments about a potential indictment, saying the former president could have done more to stop the chaos at the Capitol on Jan. 6, but suggested Mr. Trump's actions weren't criminal and criticized the idea of jailing political opponents."
Negative
-32% Liberal
"Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who has consistently ranked second in Republican primary polling, gave a mixed reaction to Mr. Trump's comments about a potential indictment, saying the former president could have done more to stop the chaos at the Capitol on Jan. 6, but suggested Mr. Trump's actions weren't criminal and criticized the idea of jailing political opponents."
Negative
-32% Liberal
"In a video statement addressing the developments against the former president, businessman Vivek Ramaswamy called potential charges against Mr. Trump un-American.We're not supposed to be a country where the party in power uses police force to indict and eliminate its political opponents, Mr. Ramaswamy said."
Negative
-22% Liberal
"Mr. Ramaswamy argued that an attempt to charge and convict Mr. Trump in coection with the Jan. 6 Capitol breach may serve as a similar effort to deny Mr. Trump ballot access in certain states or to remove him from office if he wins the 2024 election."
Negative
-36% Liberal
"Mr. Ramaswamy argued that an attempt to charge and convict Mr. Trump in coection with the Jan. 6 Capitol breach may serve as a similar effort to deny Mr. Trump ballot access in certain states or to remove him from office if he wins the 2024 election."
Negative
-36% Liberal
"Former Republican Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson also called on Mr. Trump to suspend his campaign and went further than Ms. Haley, saying the former president's actions on Jan. 6 should disqualify him."
Negative
-38% Liberal
"Former Republican Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson also called on Mr. Trump to suspend his campaign and went further than Ms. Haley, saying the former president's actions on Jan. 6 should disqualify him."
Negative
-38% Liberal
"Former Republican Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson also called on Mr. Trump to suspend his campaign and went further than Ms. Haley, saying the former president's actions on Jan. 6 should disqualify him."
Negative
-38% Liberal
"It is disappointing that Donald Trump refuses to do so."
Negative
-46% Liberal
"The former president decried the development as a WITCH HUNT, an act of ELECTION INTERFERENCE, and a COMPLETE AND TOTAL POLITICAL WEAPONIZATION OF LAW ENFORCEMENT by President Joe Biden's administration against the leading Republican presidential candidate."
Negative
-28% Liberal

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

44% : Former Republican South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, who served as the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations during the Trump administration, suggested Mr. Trump should bow out of the 2024 Republican contest, saying it will only serve as a distraction for the rest of the primary.
36% : She said responding to Mr. Trump's legal woes takes the Republican emphasis off of other critical issues in the election, such as foreign policy, the national debt, and border security.
33% : In a video statement addressing the developments against the former president, businessman Vivek Ramaswamy called potential charges against Mr. Trump "un-American.""We're not supposed to be a country where the party in power uses police force to indict and eliminate its political opponents," Mr. Ramaswamy said.
26% : The former president decried the development as a "WITCH HUNT," an act of "ELECTION INTERFERENCE," and a "COMPLETE AND TOTAL POLITICAL WEAPONIZATION OF LAW ENFORCEMENT" by President Joe Biden's administration against the leading Republican presidential candidate.

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