“Sitting president indicts leading challenger. Totally normal,” tweeted Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) along with a GIF of a line of banana-wielding dancers. “Joe Biden has used his Justice Department to go after parents as ‘domestic terrorists,’ to spy on Catholic parishes, to terrorize & harass prolife Christians – and tonight to indict his top political opponent, Trump. He has trampled the rule of law to benefit himself. He has led the country into profound danger,” tweeted Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO).
GOP pundits, too, flew into a rage.
“I’ve given up trying to explain to the left why burning the world down to obtain justice is a bad idea,” wrote right-wing blogger Erick Erickson. “I’ll just say if Biden loses in 2024, he, Hunter, and many others better have lawyers asap. The Rubicon has been crossed. Guilt won’t matter. The pain of litigation will.”
Right-wing youth group leader Charlie Kirk, meanwhile, had a call to arms for Republican activists.