Revolt: Media sides with Republican rebels ripping Trump fund for Jan. 6 lawbreakers

Here's the accustomed media narrative: Donald Trump did thing atrocious (or outrageous, oregon borderline crazy), and the Republicans successful Congress are wimps who won't basal up to him. 

Rinse, dry, repeat. 

But that changed dramatically successful the past fewer days. 

The caller communicative line:

Donald Trump did thing beyond the airy and the brave Republicans are lasting up to him. 

They're huffy arsenic hell, and they're not going to instrumentality it anymore. 

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President Donald Trump attends an lawsuit successful the Oval Office astatine the White House successful Washington, D.C., connected May 21, 2026. (Jacquelyn Martin/AP)

If you don't callback this happening earlier successful Trump's 2nd term, that's due to the fact that it hasn't.

So present you person the property and overmuch of the GOP marching successful lockstep. 

It's a revolt. Practically a revolution. And portion astir journalists emotion intra-party strife connected some sides (such arsenic the Dems' dumb 2024 autopsy), they peculiarly relish a improvement that seems to beryllium breaking, oregon astatine slightest loosening, Trump's robust grip connected power. 

There was thing astir Trump's determination to usage $1.8 cardinal mostly for those convicted of crimes connected Jan. 6 that was a span excessively far. Some of these radical had attacked and injured constabulary officers, seized members' offices and chanted for Mike Pence's hanging.

The wealth came from the colony of Trump's suit against the IRS. He had legitimately been wronged by the leaking of his taxation returns to the New York Times — showing helium had (legally) paid nary income taxation successful 10 retired of 15 years, and conscionable $750 successful 2 different years. 

But it was awkward due to the fact that the caput of the authorities was suing 1 of its agencies. The leaker, a erstwhile IRS contractor, was sentenced to 5 years successful prison. 

This is the culmination of a five-year effort by the president to recast the protestors, who helium had summoned to Washington and directed to march to the Capitol, arsenic patriots, not lawbreakers. That is inconveniently contradicted by the relentless unit we each saw connected our tv screens arsenic the riot unfolded. It was 1 of the darkest days successful American history, aimed astatine stopping Congress from certifying Joe Biden's 2020 victory.

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The US Capitol successful Washington, D.C., connected Thursday, May 21, 2026. (Aaron Schwartz/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

The sum has been exploding arsenic adjacent galore Republicans connected the Hill person vehemently objected to what critics telephone a "slush fund."

When Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, a erstwhile defence lawyer for Trump, met with Senate Republicans, things exploded.

"My conjecture is there’re astir apt 45 senators successful the room, astatine slightest fractional of them were blasting the lawyer general. … They were screaming astatine the acting lawyer general," said Sen. Ted Cruz., who called it a "full-on revolt."

Mitch McConnell, nary instrumentality of the president, enactment it this way: 

"So the nation’s apical instrumentality enforcement authoritative is asking for a slush money to wage radical who battle cops? Utterly stupid, morally incorrect – Take your pick."

Republican Sen. Bill Cassidy, who conscionable mislaid his superior acknowledgment to Trump, said connected X:

"People are acrophobic astir paying their owe oregon rent, affording groceries and paying for gas, not astir putting unneurotic a $1.8 cardinal money for the President and his allies to wage whomever they privation with nary ineligible precedent oregon accountability."

Republican Sen. Ron Johnson, connected CNN, described the full effort arsenic a "galactic blunder."

One senator, Tommy Tuberville, defended Trump’s program arsenic aimed astatine "hundreds of guiltless patriots."

After the fiery league connected the alleged "anti-weaponization" fund, GOP leaders — acrophobic astir having to ballot connected the money — killed a scheduled ballot connected a $72-billion measurement to ace down connected amerciable immigration. 

They besides refused to o.k. the $1 cardinal for the White House ballroom that the president is obsessed with building.

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Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, is pictured successful an undated photo. (Heather Diehl/Getty Images)

The media are abruptly afloat of praise for these rebelling Republicans, who, with a fewer exceptions, are not mostly viewed arsenic allies.

The astir apt outcome, successful my view, is simply a mushy compromise that includes immoderate modifications connected however the awards are made. That’s usually however the Hill deals with pugnacious questions. 

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But ultimately, arsenic connected astir issues, Donald Trump volition astir apt get his way, the culmination of his dogged run to whitewash the unsavory representation of the Jan. 6 lawbreakers. 

Footnote: The timing can’t beryllium coincidental. Many Republicans–along with Democrats and the likes of the Wall Street Journal editorial page–are openly criticizing the outlines of a Trump statement with Iran.

"Doesn’t marque excessively overmuch consciousness to me," said Sen. Thom Tillis.

A "60-day ceasefire — with the content that Iran volition ever prosecute successful bully religion — would beryllium a disaster," said Sen. Roger Wicker.

While the details are inactive being negotiated, the main objection is the U.S. bowing to Iran’s request to woody with atomic issues aboriginal connected — with nary clip limit–once the Strait of Hormuz and different questions are resolved.

Lindsey Graham, a warfare hawk and pal of the president, says the vaguely defined hold connected atomic weaponry "makes 1 wonderment wherefore the warfare started to statesman with."

Maybe the antecedently unthinkable thought of Republicans openly challenging Trump is catching on.