Republicans have criticized Donald Trump’s dinner with white supremacist Nick Fuentes and rapper Ye +2023

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Republicans are condemning former President Donald Trump’s dinner at which he hosted rapper Ye, aka Kanye West, and white supremacist Nick Fuentes. Trump hosted the controversial dinner at Mar-a-Lago on Tuesday. just a week after he announced his 2024 White House run.

“This is just another example of one terrible lack of judgment from Donald Trumpwhich, combined with his poor judgments in the past, makes him an untenable candidate for the 2024 Republican general election,” said former New Jersey Republican Gov. Chris Christie New York Times.

Christie suggested dinner may have been a way for Trump to stay in the spotlight: “He can’t stand not having attention all the time … And like that, having someone show up at his club — even if you believe.” that he did it. I don’t know who Nick Fuentes was – and wanting to sit with him satisfies his hunger for the attention he has lacked since leaving the presidency.”

Republican Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson also condemned Trump’s move in the State of the Union on Sunday: “I don’t think it’s a good idea for a leader to set an example for the country or the party meet with [an] avowed racist or anti-Semite. It’s very worrying and shouldn’t be happening.”

Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.), who served as one of two Republicans on the Jan. 6 committee, also condemned Trump’s meeting, tweeting, “Trump hangs with the David Duke of today’s weak softboysNick Fuentes.”