Tennessee U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) joined a coalition of nine other senators in signing a pledge vowing to not “aid and abet this White House in its project to tear this country apart.”
UPDATE: salute to @HawleyMO and @SenRonJohnson for joining our pledge! Democrats don’t get to wreck our judicial system and expect any cooperation on their legislative priorities. pic.twitter.com/tbGB7Oj5zu
— Mike Lee (@SenMikeLee) May 31, 2024
“The White House has made a mockery of the rule of law and fundamentally altered our politics in un-American ways. As a Senate Republican conference, we are unwilling to aid and abet this White House in its project to tear this country apart,” the senators wrote.
“To that end, we will not 1) allow any increase to non-security related funding for this administration, or any appropriations bill which funds partisan lawfare; 2) vote to confirm this administration’s political and judicial appointees; and 3) allow expedited consideration and passage of Democrat legislation or authorities that are not directly relevant to the safety of the American people,” the senators added.
U.S. Senators Mike Lee (R-UT), JD Vance (R-OH), Tommy Tuberville (R-AL), Eric Schmitt (R-MO), Rick Scott (R-FL), Roger Marshall (R-KS), Marco Rubio (R-FL), Ron Johnson (R-WI), and Josh Hawley (R-MO) joined Blackburn in signing the pledge.
The senators’ pledge, announced Friday, was in response to former President Donald Trump being found guilty by a Manhattan jury on all 34 counts in the falsification of business records linked to the Stormy Daniels hush money scandal on Thursday.
Blackburn said she signed the pledge as a “stand” against the “White House’s weaponization of our government to target President Trump for political gain represents the pinnacle of two tiers of justice.”
“We cannot allow this grave injustice to prevail in the United States of America,” Blackburn added.
Thursday’s verdict marks the first time in history that a U.S. president has been convicted of a felony.
Following the verdict, Trump spoke briefly outside the courtroom, saying, “It was a rigged trial, it was a disgrace. The real verdict is going to be November 5th by the people. They know what happened here. I am a very innocent man.”
Trump’s presidential campaign announced Friday it had raised $52.8 million through its online digital fundraising platform in a matter of 24 hours since Thursday’s verdict was read.
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Kaitlin Housler is a reporter at The Tennessee Star and The Star News Network. Follow Kaitlin on X / Twitter.
Photo “Marsha Blackburn” by Marsha Blackburn.
