Republicans Condemn Trump’s Fraternizing with Antisemites

The narrative of GOP silence in response to the appalling meeting was premature.

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From left: Georgia governor Brian Kemp, Former president Donald Trump, Former vice president Mike Pence

Brian Snyder, Jonathan Ernst, Leah Millis/Reuters

By Sunday night, the news that Donald Trump had dinner with notorious antisemites Kanye West and Nick Fuentes at Mar-a-Lago had developed into a story about how Republicans had failed to condemn the meeting.

The narrative seemed a bit premature. News of the dinner broke the night before Thanksgiving; initial reports conflicted about whether the Holocaust denier Fuentes was at the dinner; and many people, including elected officials and staffers, are traveling and not working over the Thanksgiving break.

John McCormack

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John McCormack

John McCormack is a former Washington correspondent for National Review and was a fellow at the National Review Institute.

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