Republican lawmakers were apoplectic about the Trump verdict Thursday, with many joining the MAGA chorus in declaring it a political, sham trial, in an effort to delegitimize the jury’s decision. Some reactions were brief: Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.
) tweeted an image of an upside-down American flag , a symbol associated with the “Stop the Steal” movement, which treats President Joe Biden’s 2020 election win as illegitimate. House GOP Conference Chair Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.
Y.) echoed oft-repeated spin from Trump and his legal team, calling it a “zombie case” brought before a “highly conflicted Judge” that relied on “testimony of a convicted felon who was disbarred for lying.” “Today’s verdict shows how corrupt and rigged the American justice system has become under Joe Biden,” Stefanik said in a statement.
“I fully support President Trump appealing this decision and look forward to the New York Court of Appeals delivering justice and overturning this verdict.” House Judiciary Committee Chair Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), who co-led the failed impeachment inquiry into Biden, called the Trump verdict a “travesty of justice.” “The Manhattan kangaroo court shows what happens when our justice system is weaponized by partisan prosecutors in front of a biased judge with an unfair process, designed to keep President Trump off the campaign trail and avoid bringing attention to President Biden’s failing radical policies,” Jordan said in a statem.