Carl Bernstein claims no denials amongst 21 GOP senators he listed as Trump haters — however there have been

Watergate sleuth Carl Bernstein falsely claimed Friday that there have been no denials among the many 21 Republican senators he claimed in 2021 had privately expressed "excessive contempt" for former President Donald Trump.

Throughout a panel on CNN, throughout which he was discussing the Capitol riot committee's first prime-time listening to, Bernstein additionally upped the ante by saying he heard from a former senator who insisted the variety of Republican Trump haters is way increased.

"I did a narrative, on this air, naming 21 Republican senators who truly disdain Donald Trump and have mentioned so to individuals throughout them. There weren’t denials of that story," Bernstein mentioned.

Bernstein got here out along with his checklist in November 2021 as he referred to as on journalists to think about unmasking the "soiled secret" of the higher chamber at a time when Trump was refusing to concede the election to President-elect Joe Biden and declined to unlock transition assets for the Democrat's incoming administration.

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Opposite to Bernstein's assertion that there have been no denials, some senators and their places of work did reject his reporting when the Washington Examiner reached out to them for remark. Amongst them have been Sens. Mike Braun of Indiana and Rob Portman of Pennsylvania.

“That is extra false information from a CNN political analyst, as I used to be considered one of President Trump’s prime defenders throughout impeachment and strongly assist his authorized efforts to make sure that each authorized vote is counted," Braun advised the Washington Examiner.

“That is completely false. The senator has by no means talked to Mr. Bernstein, and we don’t know the place he’s getting his false info. The senator supported President Trump’s reelection and believes his insurance policies are higher for Ohio and all the nation," Emily Benavides, a spokeswoman for Portman, advised the Washington Examiner.

Bernstein, who famously helped expose the Watergate scandal within the Nineteen Seventies with Bob Woodward whereas on the Washington Put up, mentioned he spoke to a former senator a few days after he launched his checklist.

"I acquired a name a pair days later from one other former senator who had left a pair years earlier and [he] mentioned, 'Carl, the quantity is basically 40.' Forty senators ... Republican senators who despise Donald Trump, are afraid of Donald Trump, have been craven," he mentioned Friday.

Bernstein added that "what occurs on this nation rests partly on their shoulders and the way they reply to those gorgeous hearings."