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- After his arraignment, Trump called on GOP members of Congress to defund law enforcement.
- Following this, Punchbowl News reached out to 18 vulnerable House Republicans in swing districts.
- Only three distanced themselves from the former president's call to action.
House Republicans in swing districts are not coming out against President Donald Trump's pleas to defund law enforcement.
The Manhattan District Court indicted Trump in late March. The 45th president was later arraigned in Manhattan and charged with 34 counts of falsifying business records. One day after his arraignment, Trump took to Truth Social in an all-caps tirade to express his desire to defund law enforcement.