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<\/p>\nSenate Republicans aired concerns Tuesday about former President Trump\u2019s viability in a 2024 presidential election after a civil jury\u00a0found he had sexually abused\u00a0writer E. Jean Carroll and ordered him to pay her $5 million in damages.<\/p>\n
Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas)\u00a0told reporters that he does not believe Trump stands a change in a November setting but added he didn\u2019t think the verdict would move voters.<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t think it changes anybody\u2019s mind, one way or the other. \u2026 I think people who support President Trump, support President Trump. People who don\u2019t support President Trump, don\u2019t support him, and I don\u2019t think this will have any impact,\u201d Corny said.<\/p>\n
Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah), who has long been one of Trump\u2019s foremost antagonists in the GOP, argued the verdict is further proof the 45th president has no business being the party\u2019s standard-bearer once again.<\/p>\n
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\u201cI hope the American people, the jury of the American people, reach the same conclusion as the jury of his peers, which is that Donald Trump should not be our nominee and he certainly shouldn\u2019t be President of the United States,\u201d Romney said. \u201cWe have other people who are highly qualified that could lead our party to victory, and someone who\u2019s been found to have committed sexual assault should not be the face of the Republican Party.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI think that there will be some people, surely, who say, \u2018You know, I don\u2019t think it\u2019s a good idea to have someone who\u2019s been convicted of sexual assault to be the face for my children and my grandchildren and the world,\u2019\u201d Romney added.<\/p>\n
A number of other Senate Republicans questioned Trump\u2019s ability to win a second, non-consecutive term if he is the GOP presidential nominee next year.<\/p>\n
\u201cOf course, it creates a concern. How could it not create a concern? If what the woman says \u2026 he\u2019s been found to be civilly liable, how could it do anything else but create a concern?\u201d Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) told reporters when asked about the verdict.<\/p>\n
When questioned if the decision should disqualify him from office, Cassidy said: \u201cThat\u2019s up to voters, I\u2019ll just say that \u2014 but think about it.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIf she were your sister, what would you think?\u201d added\u00a0Cassidy,\u00a0who voted to convict\u00a0Trump over his role in inciting the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol. \u201cIt kind of speaks for itself. You feel for Miss. Carroll, a woman should not be assaulted, period, end of story, period.\u201d<\/p>\n
Sen. Mike Rounds (R-S.D.), who has said in recent months that he plans to support Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) if he announces a presidential bid, called for a \u201cunity\u201d candidate in the party.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe jury has spoken. And I know there\u2019s a concern about, \u2018what about our ticket,\u2019\u201d Rounds said. \u201cI\u2019m just looking for someone who will unite the party, and I think we\u2019ll have several members who will unite the party and that\u2019s what I\u2019m waiting on.\u201d<\/p>\n
Trump maintained his innocence in an all-caps post on Truth Social shortly after the verdict was handed down.<\/p>\n
\u201cI HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO IDEA WHO THIS WOMAN IS. THIS VERDICT IS A DISGRACE \u2013 A CONTINUATION OF THE GREATEST WITCH HUNT OF ALL TIME!,\u201d Trump wrote.<\/p>\n
A number of Senate Republicans, however, declined to wade into whether the latest development will hurt him in the looming 2024 contest.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think it\u2019s clearly up to the voters. They\u2019ll figure out what\u2019s important to them,\u201d Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.), who is up for reelection next year, told reporters.<\/p>\n
Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) said that he still believes the ex-president will be the GOP presidential nominee, and added that Trump being found liable for sexual abuse will make the general election \u201cinteresting.\u201d He said voters will have to weigh that against the \u201ccontinuing pileup of scandals from the Biden White House.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s a choice that the voters make. \u2026 I\u2019d be very surprised if he wasn\u2019t [the nominee]\u201d Hawley said.<\/p>\n
Trump\u2019s team has already said that they plan to appeal the ruling. Some Republicans leaned on that plan when asked about the Tuesday decision by the jury.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have the verdict, and he\u2019s going to appeal. I\u2019m sure [there\u2019s] more to follow,\u201d Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) said. \u201cWe\u2019ll see what the appeals process brings.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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