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Revolt: Media sides with Republican rebels ripping Trump fund for Jan. 6 lawbreakers

Mitch McConnell called the plan 'utterly stupid, morally wrong'

By Howard Kurtz Fox News

Published May 26, 2026 3:00am EDT

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Here's the usual media narrative: Donald Trump did something awful (or outrageous, or borderline crazy), and the Republicans in Congress are wimps who won't stand up to him. 

Rinse, dry, repeat. 

But that changed dramatically in the last few days. 

The new story line:

Donald Trump did something beyond the pale and the brave Republicans are standing up to him. 

They're mad as hell, and they're not going to take it anymore. 

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President Donald Trump attends an event in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, D.C., on May 21, 2026. (Jacquelyn Martin/AP)

If you don't recall this happening before in Trump's second term, that's because it hasn't.

So now you have the press and much of the GOP marching in lockstep. 

It's a revolt. Practically a revolution. And while most journalists love intra-party strife on both sides (such as the Dems' dumb 2024 autopsy), they particularly relish a development that seems to be breaking, or at least loosening, Trump's iron grip on........

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