Fox News host Steve Doocy challenged House Minority Whip Steve Scalise (R-LA) Thursday over the GOP’s loyalty to police as waves of death threats have been sent to FBI agents in the wake of the Mar-a-Lago raid.
Scalise joined Doocy on FOX & Friends to discuss the aftermath of the FBI raid on the home of former President Donald Trump this week.
House Republicans have been quick to chastise the FBI for the raid, and more than one GOP House member has alleged that the agency cannot be trusted by the public.
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“There is so much we don’t know yet about this particular execution of this search warrant. But we have heard a number of people from the political Right talk about how the FBI and the DOJ have been weaponized against Donald Trump,” Doocy said.
“The FBI, with 35,000 members, you know, now, they apparently are receiving, a lot of specific field agents, are receiving specific death threats because there are a number of people online and elsewhere who are demonizing the FBI.”
The Fox host then pointed out how a myriad of House Republicans have demonized the FBI after the raid, with Rep. Paul Gosar (R-AZ) calling for the agency’s destruction.
“I’m just curious, whatever happened to the Republican Party backing the blue? And, in particular, the [35,000] members of law enforcement, federal law enforcement, at the FBI?” Doocy asked.
“We are very strong supporters of law enforcement, and it concerns everybody if you see some agents go rogue and if you see an agency that doesn’t have the right checks and balances at the top,” Scalise said.
Doocy asked who exactly went rogue and pointed out that the agents “were following a search warrant.”
“We want to find that out, and that’s why we are asking these questions,” Scalise retorted.
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“You know, there were reports yesterday that Merrick Garland said he didn’t even know about this raid. I don’t know if anybody believes that. But he should be asked under oath if he knew about the raid prior to it happening. He hasn’t answered that question. Why hasn’t he held a press conference? Why won’t President Biden talk about this to the press?”
