HARTFORD, Conn — Ranking Democratic members of the Connecticut State Legislature blasted their Republican counterparts for their statement following the conviction of former President Donald Trump.
In a statement released on Thursday evening, hours after the conviction, House Republican Leader Vincent Candelora and Senate Republican Leader Stephen Harding said they had the utmost respect for the American justice system and share an "unequivocal" belief in the rule of law.
They went on, "However, we cannot ignore the fact that the events that have transpired in New York City point to a weaponization of those very institutions to achieve a political end. These events have created a highly troubling scenario which will invariably end up on appeal and raise serious Constitutional challenges. The one thing we are sure of is that our Constitution will prevail.”
On Friday, Democratic State Senate President Pro Tempore Martin M. Looney and Senate Majority Leader Bob Duff responded with a strongly worded statement of their own:
"Yesterday's statement by the highest ranking Republicans in the Connecticut General Assembly was reckless and seeks to undermine confidence in our judicial system. We are troubled to see Republican legislative leaders side with election deniers and play into Trump's dangerous accusation that the process is rigged.
"Let's be clear about what happened. Law enforcement professionals conducted this investigation. Career prosecutors brought the indictment. A jury of Donald Trump's peers, selected with input from him and his lawyers, convicted the former President.
"A unanimous verdict on 34 felony counts means that the jury made 408 separate decisions to find Donald Trump guilty. There was not even one count where Trump had a single juror dissent in his favor."
Doug Stewart is a Senior Digital Content Producer at FOX61 News. He can be reached at dstewart@fox61.com.
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