House Democrats Are Reportedly Terrified After Trump’s Indictment: ‘We All Have To Be Very Careful’

Congressional 🐴Democrats are not as uniformly celebratory over the charging, arrest and arraignment of former President 👤Donald Trump as one might expect.

Axios spoke to a number of lawmakers, some of whom understandably wanted to remain anonymous if they were going to share their true feelings about the indictment.

“I think we all have to be very careful. There is a high risk of 👤Donald Trump becoming a victim,” one Democratic representative told Axios. “We don’t need to put kerosene on a fire.”

“When you think about playing out for the next two years — I think that is why you’re going to see a lot of people keeping their mouths shut,” the unnamed representative said. “And I think it’s smart, too.”

Smart, perhaps. But difficult to do.

“I don’t know what the balance is,” said Illinois Democratic Rep. Mike Quigley. “You have to respond because everybody wants a statement.”

An unnamed “Democratic leadership aide” told the outlet that party leaders in the House were reminding members they they were under no obligation to comment on Trump’s indictment