Haley, Christie stay quiet on Trump guilty verdict as GOP outrage grows over 'un-American' silence

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FIRST ON FOX: A number of top Republicans are taking aim at those in the party who have refused to speak out against former President Trump's guilty verdict in his New York City trial last week, a group that includes former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley and former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie.

Republicans overwhelmingly rushed to Trump's defense after he was found guilty Thursday on all 34 counts of falsifying business records, and those most closely aligned with the former president are making sure those who haven't know their lack of action isn't going unnoticed.

"I think it’s important for Republicans to be united on a basic reality that many independents and even a good number of Democrats plainly see: this trial was a sham," former presidential candidate and staunch Trump surrogate Vivek Ramaswamy told Fox News Digital.

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"It’s a disgrace that a former U.S. president was convicted of a felony, where the jurors were told they didn’t have to even agree on what the crime was. It’s un-American," he said.

Alabama Sen. Tommy Tuberville took a more somber tone, telling Fox that Americans are now experiencing "an all-out war on our constitutional republic."

"These soft RINOs are letting their hatred for Donald Trump blind them from fighting to save our country. They need