3½ yrs ago, Trump incited a violent #insurrection at the Capitol in a bid to overturn Joe #Biden’s election victory & remain in power, a special #House cmte concluded after a lengthy investigation.
#Trump heaped praise on #TimScott during #Senate R mtg —more than any of the other VP shortlisters. He mentioned Rubio/Vance by name but talked the longest about Scott. Trump joked that Scott “wasn’t a good presidential candidate” but has been a “great surrogate for him”
per 2 attendees —Trump said #abortion was the reason R’s lost Senate in 2022, “not because of Mitch, not because of me”
Trump went out of his way to be nice to #McConnell, per R senators.
#FDIC Chair #MartinGruenberg will resign after an outside report found #evidence of a “misogynistic” & “patriarchal” culture at the #banking regulator. #Gruenberg… announced Mon he would resign once President #Biden appoints & the Senate confirms a successor….
An independent investigation led by an outside law firm found rampant instances of #abusive workplace conduct…, incl’g #SexualHarassment, #stalking & inappropriate supervisor-subordinate relationships….
“Marty, you’ve heard me say this to you directly: You should resign,” Sen #TimScott (R-SC), the top #Republican on the #Senate#Banking Cmte, said. “Your employees do not have confidence in you. And this is not a single incident. This spans over a decade+ of your leadership at the #FDIC.”
Sen #SherrodBrown (D-OH), chair of the Banking Cmte, called on Mon for “new leadership” at the FDIC to “fix the agency’s toxic culture & put the women & men who work there —& their mission— first.”
Will Saletan is not persuaded — to say the least — by SC Senator Tim Scott's defense of Trump. Scott has long touted his evangelical "values," yet he continues defending Trump even after a jury found Trump sexually assaulted E. Jean Carroll.
Scott says Trump represents a "return to normalcy" around the kitchen table.
Saletan replies, “When [Scott] says ‘kitchen table’, what he means is no moral question matters. What matters is do they make the trains run on time?”'
Asked by CNN if he agrees w #Trump claim that #Jan6 defendants are hostages, Sen #TimScott (R-SC) answers, "I believe that our DOJ should allow a jury of our peers to make the decisions"
(Approx. 140 people have been convicted at trial, 700+ opted for guilty plea)
Scott also told CNN about the Jan 6 mob: "99% of the people who showed up were there to exercise their first amendment rights.
(Of the 1200+ defendants, 450+ have been charged with assaulting police)