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Republicans loyal to Trump¹ express outrage² over the FBI's search of his home

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Ex-President Trump was the first to alert everyone to the FBI search. Political supporters are outraged⁴ and that anger has spilled over to conservative media, where Trump is portrayed⁵ as a victim.

A MART?NEZ, HOST:

For more on the implications of the FBI raid, we turn now to NPR correspondents Deirdre Walsh and David Folkenflik. Deirdre, let's start with you. How are Republicans reacting to this?

DEIRDRE WALSH, BYLINE⁶: Good morning. Republicans are largely using the same language we heard from former President Trump. He was the first person to confirm this raid. He described it as dark times and said the search of his home - it was under siege. The top House Republican, Kevin McCarthy, called it intolerable and weaponization by the Justice Department. Without any evidence about the details, because we still don't know exactly what the FBI was looking for, many Republicans are tying this to a broader argument they've been making heading into their November midterms - that the federal bureaucracy is invading people's rights as parents, as individuals, et cetera.

Democrats⁷ so far have been pretty muted. Speaker Pelosi waved off questions in the Capitol yesterday and told reporters she didn't know what was behind the raid. This is an ongoing⁸ investigation⁹, and the Justice Department and the FBI aren't talking about it or explaining what they were looking for. So so far, the chief reaction we've been seeing is from Republicans. So we're sort of getting an unbalanced message. Many Republicans are calling for the Justice Department to release information, but Trump's lawyers have the documents about the search warrant, and they could release them if they wanted to.

MART?NEZ: David, what about the conservative airwaves? How is this being portrayed there?

DAVID FOLKENFLIK, BYLINE: I got to tell you, A, it's sort of swung in lockstep in full-throated defense¹⁰ of the former president, depicting¹¹ him as a victim, depicting him as something of a martyr¹² and also depicting him as the one person standing¹³ between an oppressive federal government and you. So, you know, if you look at Newsmax or PJ Media or The Blaze or Townhall conservative talk radio - one went on - a talk radio host went on Fox News and said that it looked like a preemptive coup¹⁴. And you saw sort of the litany of Fox stars and figures presenting this in extremely dire¹⁵, at times apocalyptic¹⁶, terms. Let's take one of their up-and-coming stars, Jesse Watters. Here's what he had to say last night.

(SOUNDBITE OF TV SHOW, "THE FIVE")

JESSE WATTERS: I've never seen the base more angry. I'm angry. I feel violated. The whole country feels violated. It's disgusting. They've declared war on us, and now it's game on.

FOLKENFLIK: Watters also said this clearly comes from the top, making an allusion¹⁷ to President Biden. Although Biden, of course, has said that he has learned about this from the press, and there's no reporting to show otherwise. But this is still a narrative¹⁸, not just on Jesse Watters' show, but repeatedly throughout Fox in other places, that President Biden orchestrated this to go after his political foe¹⁹, former President Donald Trump.

MART?NEZ: Yeah, but - OK, so, David, why is this the message then when we know that the FBI just can't get a warrant without going through certain steps and getting a judge to sign off?

FOLKENFLIK: Well, if you're looking at Fox News, which is the most important player in all this, you know, they will acknowledge this, particularly in their news as opposed to opinion shows. But facts are often sloughed²⁰ off as inconvenient²¹, if they're acknowledged at all. This story plays into the - Trump's narrative, stemming back from his 2015 start of his presidential campaign and the idea of the deep state - this effort to discredit²² institutions and professionals and the so-called elites²³ in government, outside of government, in the media - particularly those opposing Trump - and, in this case, in law enforcement. And it allows these figures to avoid talking about what Trump has done, what we know Trump has done, and what he is being investigated for perhaps doing. You've got separate investigations²⁴ in New York City, in Fulton County, Ga., Capitol Hill, Justice Department. This gives a unifying²⁵ message, and that unifying message, in fact, becomes talking points for Trump nation.

MART?NEZ: Deirdre, Trump has talked about announcing a run for president in 2024. Will this search, maybe, of his home affect or sway that decision?

WALSH: It could. You know, Trump - many of his supporters are urging him to do that and to do it sooner rather than later. South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham - he's a close ally of Trump's - said yesterday he spoke²⁶ to the former president. Let's take a listen to what Graham said about their conversation.

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LINDSEY GRAHAM: The one thing I can tell you is that I believed he was going to run before. I'm stronger in my belief now. Every Republican I've talked to - my phone has been lit up - what the hell are these people doing?

WALSH: And it could have the effect of potentially clearing the field. Many of Trump's potential political rivals, like Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, are rallying around the former president. Even Maryland Governor Larry Hogan, who didn't vote for Trump and is a sharp critic, called on the Biden administration to release these documents authorizing²⁷ the search warrant. Again, that's not really up to the White House. Trump could release the warrant himself.

MART?NEZ: And, David, Fox and other media on the right have really stood by Trump through thick and thin.

FOLKENFLIK: Yeah. But, you know, A, there have been signs of cracks in that relationship, particularly in recent weeks. If you looked at Fox News, you saw it starting to distance itself from Trump. And let's be clear, there was always an alliance of convenience for Rupert Murdoch and his son Lachlan, who are the controlling owners of Fox News. Rupert Murdoch had wanted a direct line to the White House. He got it in Trump but always thought of him as sort of a compromised and flawed figure. The revelations of the House select committee investigating the activities of January 6 of last year have really cast Trump's actions and inaction in a very severe light.

You also have Fox dealing²⁸ with two multibillion-dollar defamation²⁹ lawsuits³⁰ over the lies about election fraud that were peddled³¹ on its airwaves after the November 2020 elections. And you've had the emergence³² of Ron DeSantis, who's effectively been auditioning³³ to be the champion of Trumpism without Trump himself. All of this - what's happened the last 36 hours, however, has snapped Fox back to Trump's side. And it's not only leading the pack, but it's trying to catch up to it, knowing that its viewers are already there.

MART?NEZ: The thing is, this isn't the only investigation that Donald Trump is dealing with right now. Deirdre, remind us of what else he's facing.

WALSH: Right. David mentioned some of this earlier. I mean, the House committee investigating January 6 is still interviewing witnesses. There's a federal grand jury who subpoenaed³⁴ Trump's White House counsel, Pat Cipollone. There's a probe in Georgia about Trump's efforts there to overturn that state's 2020 election results. And yesterday, on Capitol Hill, the House Ways and Means Committee learned that a federal court ruled in their favor to obtain Trump's tax returns, something they've been trying to do since 2019. Trump could still appeal that, but obviously he's dealing with legal pressure on multiple fronts. But we do see, as David mentioned, some GOP officials are - you know, who were putting some distance between themselves and Trump, are now seeing the Trump base rally around him. And that's really serving to have them reflect that and respond with statements of support.

MART?NEZ: That's NPR's Deirdre Walsh and David Folkenflik. My thanks to you both.

WALSH: Thank you.

FOLKENFLIK: You bet.

1 trump   

n.王牌，法宝；v.打出王牌，吹喇叭

参考例句：

• He was never able to trump up the courage to have a showdown.他始终鼓不起勇气摊牌。
• The coach saved his star player for a trump card.教练保留他的明星选手，作为他的王牌。

2 outrage   

n.暴行，侮辱，愤怒；vt.凌辱，激怒

参考例句：

• When he heard the news he reacted with a sense of outrage.他得悉此事时义愤填膺。
• We should never forget the outrage committed by the Japanese invaders.我们永远都不应该忘记日本侵略者犯下的暴行。

3 transcript   

n.抄本，誊本，副本，肄业证书

参考例句：

• A transcript of the tapes was presented as evidence in court.一份录音带的文字本作为证据被呈交法庭。
• They wouldn't let me have a transcript of the interview.他们拒绝给我一份采访的文字整理稿。

4 outraged   

a.震惊的，义愤填膺的

参考例句：

• Members of Parliament were outraged by the news of the assassination. 议会议员们被这暗杀的消息激怒了。
• He was outraged by their behavior. 他们的行为使他感到愤慨。

5 portrayed   

v.画像( portray的过去式和过去分词 )；描述；描绘；描画

参考例句：

• Throughout the trial, he portrayed himself as the victim. 在审讯过程中，他始终把自己说成是受害者。
• The author portrayed his father as a vicious drunkard. 作者把他父亲描绘成一个可恶的酒鬼。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

6 byline   

n.署名；v.署名

参考例句：

• His byline was absent as well.他的署名也不见了。
• We wish to thank the author of this article which carries no byline.我们要感谢这篇文章的那位没有署名的作者。

7 democrats   

n.民主主义者，民主人士( democrat的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The Democrats held a pep rally on Capitol Hill yesterday. 民主党昨天在国会山召开了竞选誓师大会。
• The democrats organize a filibuster in the senate. 民主党党员组织了阻挠议事。 来自《简明英汉词典》

8 ongoing   

adj.进行中的，前进的

参考例句：

• The problem is ongoing.这个问题尚未解决。
• The issues raised in the report relate directly to Age Concern's ongoing work in this area.报告中提出的问题与“关心老人”组织在这方面正在做的工作有直接的关系。

9 investigation   

n.调查，调查研究

参考例句：

• In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
• He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。

10 defense   

n.防御，保卫；[pl.]防务工事；辩护，答辩

参考例句：

• The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。
• The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。

11 depicting   

描绘，描画( depict的现在分词 )； 描述

参考例句：

• a painting depicting the Virgin and Child 一幅描绘童贞马利亚和圣子耶稣的画
• The movie depicting the battles and bloodshed is bound to strike home. 这部描写战斗和流血牺牲的影片一定会取得预期效果。

12 martyr   

n.烈士，殉难者；vt.杀害，折磨，牺牲

参考例句：

• The martyr laid down his life for the cause of national independence.这位烈士是为了民族独立的事业而献身的。
• The newspaper carried the martyr's photo framed in black.报上登载了框有黑边的烈士遗像。

13 standing   

n.持续，地位；adj.永久的，不动的，直立的，不流动的

参考例句：

• After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
• They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。

14 coup   

n.政变；突然而成功的行动

参考例句：

• The monarch was ousted by a military coup.那君主被军事政变者废黜了。
• That government was overthrown in a military coup three years ago.那个政府在3年前的军事政变中被推翻。

15 dire   

adj.可怕的，悲惨的，阴惨的，极端的

参考例句：

• There were dire warnings about the dangers of watching too much TV.曾经有人就看电视太多的危害性提出严重警告。
• We were indeed in dire straits.But we pulled through.那时我们的困难真是大极了，但是我们渡过了困难。

16 apocalyptic   

adj.预示灾祸的，启示的

参考例句：

• The air is chill and stagnant,the language apocalyptic.空气寒冷而污浊，语言则是《启示录》式的。
• Parts of the ocean there look just absolutely apocalyptic.海洋的很多区域看上去完全像是世界末日。

17 allusion   

n.暗示，间接提示

参考例句：

• He made an allusion to a secret plan in his speech.在讲话中他暗示有一项秘密计划。
• She made no allusion to the incident.她没有提及那个事件。

18 narrative   

n.叙述，故事；adj.叙事的，故事体的

参考例句：

• He was a writer of great narrative power.他是一位颇有记述能力的作家。
• Neither author was very strong on narrative.两个作者都不是很善于讲故事。

19 foe   

n.敌人，仇敌

参考例句：

• He knew that Karl could be an implacable foe.他明白卡尔可能会成为他的死敌。
• A friend is a friend;a foe is a foe;one must be clearly distinguished from the other.敌是敌，友是友，必须分清界限。

20 sloughed   

v.使蜕下或脱落( slough的过去式和过去分词 )；舍弃；除掉；摒弃

参考例句：

• Responsibilities are not sloughed off so easily. 责任不是那么容易推卸的。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The scab has sloughed off. 痂脱落了。 来自辞典例句

21 inconvenient   

adj.不方便的，令人感到麻烦的

参考例句：

• You have come at a very inconvenient time.你来得最不适时。
• Will it be inconvenient for him to attend that meeting?他参加那次会议会不方便吗？

22 discredit   

vt.使不可置信；n.丧失信义；不信，怀疑

参考例句：

• Their behaviour has bought discredit on English football.他们的行为败坏了英国足球运动的声誉。
• They no longer try to discredit the technology itself.他们不再试图怀疑这种技术本身。

23 elites   

精华( elite的名词复数 )； 精锐； 上层集团； （统称）掌权人物

参考例句：

• The elites are by their nature a factor contributing to underdevelopment. 这些上层人物天生是助长欠发达的因素。
• Elites always detest gifted and nimble outsiders. 社会名流对天赋聪明、多才多艺的局外人一向嫌恶。

24 investigations   

（正式的）调查( investigation的名词复数 )； 侦查； 科学研究； 学术研究

参考例句：

• His investigations were intensive and thorough but revealed nothing. 他进行了深入彻底的调查，但没有发现什么。
• He often sent them out to make investigations. 他常常派他们出去作调查。

25 unifying   

使联合( unify的现在分词 )； 使相同； 使一致； 统一

参考例句：

• In addition, there were certain religious bonds of a unifying kind. 此外，他们还有某种具有一种统一性质的宗教上的结合。
• There is a unifying theme, and that is the theme of information flow within biological systems. 我们可以用一个总的命题，把生物学系统内的信息流来作为这一研究主题。

26 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。

27 authorizing   

授权，批准，委托( authorize的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• Letters of Marque: Take letters from a warning friendly power authorizing privateering. 私掠许可证：从某一个国家获得合法抢劫的证书。
• Formal phavee completion does not include authorizing the subsequent phavee. 阶段的正式完成不包括核准随后的阶段。

28 dealing   

n.经商方法，待人态度

参考例句：

• This store has an excellent reputation for fair dealing.该商店因买卖公道而享有极高的声誉。
• His fair dealing earned our confidence.他的诚实的行为获得我们的信任。

29 defamation   

n.诽谤；中伤

参考例句：

• Character defamation can be either oral or written.人格诽谤既可以是口头的也可以是书面的。
• The company sued for defamation.这个公司因受到诽谤而提起诉讼。

30 lawsuits   

n.诉讼( lawsuit的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Lawsuits involving property rights and farming and grazing rights increased markedly. 涉及财产权，耕作与放牧权的诉讼案件显著地增加。 来自辞典例句
• I've lost and won more lawsuits than any man in England. 全英国的人算我官司打得最多，赢的也多，输的也多。 来自辞典例句

31 peddled   

（沿街）叫卖( peddle的过去式和过去分词 )； 兜售； 宣传； 散播

参考例句：

• He has peddled the myth that he is supporting the local population. 他散布说他支持当地群众。
• The farmer peddled his fruit from house to house. 那个农民挨家挨户兜售他的水果。

32 emergence   

n.浮现，显现，出现，（植物）突出体

参考例句：

• The last decade saw the emergence of a dynamic economy.最近10年见证了经济增长的姿态。
• Language emerges and develops with the emergence and development of society.语言是随着社会的产生而产生，随着社会的发展而发展的。

33 auditioning   

vi.试听（audition的现在分词形式）

参考例句：

• She was auditioning for the role of Lady Macbeth. 她试演了麦克佩斯夫人的角色。
• Which part are you auditioning for? 你试音什么角色？ 来自《简明英汉词典》

34 subpoenaed   

v.（用传票）传唤（某人）( subpoena的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• The court subpoenaed her to appear as a witness. 法庭传唤她出庭作证。
• The finance director is subpoenaed by prosecution. 财务经理被检查机关传讯。 来自《简明英汉词典》