'Total radio silence': Trump's MAGA inner circle are furious at DeSantis and Nikki Haley for failing to back Trump and claim both GOP rivals are making a 'massive mistake'
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DeSantis and Nikki Haley have been attacked by a number of Trump loyalists for failing to comment on
rumors the former president will be arrested on Tuesday.
MAGA Republicans have criticized DeSantis and Haley for not speaking out against the Manhattan DA's office for what they claim is a weaponization of the justice system.
While DeSantis was quick to be accused of cynical political strategizing. Longshot presidential hopeful Vivek Ramaswamy sought to use the situation to his advantage.
He had stern words on Saturday for the field of Republicans, claiming their silence could be 'the beginning of the end'.
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@NikkiHaley to join me by 9 AM tomorrow in calling on the Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg to abandon the political persecution through prosecution of the 45th…
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'The reason I'm doing this is because the rest of the Republican field, I think, has been deafeningly silent about an important issue in the country today,' he added of the news that an indictment could be looming.
'What I'm about to say has nothing to do with Donald Trump and everything to do with the integrity of an election and the integrity of a self-governing democracy,' the biotech multimillionaire added.
'So I don't care whether you root for Trump or whether you don't, if you root for the integrity of our constitutional republic then you need to be on the side of being really clear.'
Ramaswamy has been extremely vocal in denouncing the prospect of an indictment against Trump, claiming that there would be no case if it weren't for the face that the Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg is severely anti-Trump.
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