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Rhiannon12866

(262,067 posts)
Fri Jul 10, 2026, 04:40 AM 4 hrs ago

"The president has turned the White House into a moneymaking operation": Raskin on Trump - On The Line - MS NOW



As the fallout grows from the revelation that Trump raked in $2.2 billion in the first year of his second term in office, congressional Republicans have been largely quiet.

House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jamie Raskin (D-MD) joins Alicia Menendez to talk about his Republican colleagues' response to the financial disclosure, as well as the weaponization of the Justice Department and the midterms. - Aired on 07/09/2026.

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"The president has turned the White House into a moneymaking operation": Raskin on Trump - On The Line - MS NOW (Original Post) Rhiannon12866 4 hrs ago OP
The repubs would be screaming bloody murder if a Democrat was cashing in like that. calimary 4 hrs ago #1
"congressional republicans have been largely quiet." MLWR 2 hrs ago #2
Exactly, they don't want to get rid of their own cash cows. KS Toronado 1 hr ago #3

calimary

(91,677 posts)
1. The repubs would be screaming bloody murder if a Democrat was cashing in like that.
Fri Jul 10, 2026, 05:11 AM
4 hrs ago

But when a Republican does it, hey, no hard, no foul.

Hypocrites!

MLWR

(1,176 posts)
2. "congressional republicans have been largely quiet."
Fri Jul 10, 2026, 06:51 AM
2 hrs ago

Largely because they, most likely, are doing exactly the same thing.

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