Several Republicans have condemned former President Donald Trump’s latest round of criminal charges as an example of “weaponizing” the federal government.
Republicans are trading their war on “woke” to go after President Joe Biden’s supposed “weaponizing” of the federal government, retired U.S. Army Lieutenant General Mark Hertling said.
“‘Weaponizing’ seems to be the replacement for ‘woke,'” Hertling wrote in a post on X, formally Twitter, on Monday evening. “And neither of those words mean what Republicans want them to mean.”
Hertling’s comments come after several GOP members have denounced the latest set of criminal charges against former President Donald Trump, who was handed his fourth indictment on Monday in connection to his alleged efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election results in Georgia.
Trump has called the charges a form of election interference and claims that he is innocent in the case brought by Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis. He has also pleaded not guilty to his charges connected to the hush money scheme in Manhattan court in New York City, the classified documents case in Florida federal court and the Justice Department’s indictment earlier this month related to the federal investigation into the attack on the U.S. Capitol.
Hertling was specifically responding to comments from South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham, who told Fox News Monday evening that those charging Trump are “weaponizing the law” and are “trying to take Donald Trump down.
