Democrats Pile On Trump For Post Celebrating Mueller’s Death

Democrats are skewering President Donald Trump after he proclaimed on Saturday that he was glad former special counsel Robert Mueller had died.

“Every day, this president shows his basic indecency and unfitness for office,” Sen. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) wrote on X in response to Trump's statement.

The diatribe, in which Trump said he was “glad he’s dead” because he “can no longer hurt innocent people,” drew fierce condemnation from Democrats.

“The cruelty is the point,” Democratic Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer wrote on X. “Trump’s goal is to distract you from rising gas prices, his aimless war, ICE abuses, and the Epstein files. Don’t give him what he wants. And may Robert Mueller, a US Marine and lifelong public servant, rest in peace.”

Mueller and the president, Rep. Dan Goldman (D-N.Y.) wrote on X Saturday, “represent polar opposites of what a public servant should be.”

“Yet the President of the United States disgustingly celebrates Mueller’s death simply because he exposed Trump’s efforts to steal the 2016 election,” Goldman said.

At least one Republican also condemned Trump’s post.

“It is clearly wrong and unchristian behavior,” Rep. Don Bacon (R-Neb.) said in a text to POLITICO when asked about Trump’s statement. “The vast majority of Americans want better.”

The reactions weren’t limited to condemnation of Trump. Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) called Mueller a “dedicated and honorable public servant” on X, and Republican Rep. Mike Turner of Ohio, in a statement that offered some criticism of Mueller’s handling of the Russia investigation, said he was nonetheless “committed to the truth” as special counsel.

Some Republicans aligned with Trump offered support for his blistering attack. Far-right activist Laura Loomer wrote that Trump “said what everyone is thinking” about Mueller. Meanwhile, Roger Stone, a onetime Trump adviser, posted on X that “the judgement of Robert Mueller has moved to a much higher court.”

Mueller, who died on Friday night at 81 years old, served as the director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation under former Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama. He gained national attention for investigating the 2016 Trump campaign’s ties to Russia during the president’s first term.

In 1968, Mueller joined the Marines, where he was deployed to Vietnam and received the Bronze Star for saving a fellow Marine under fire. He was later shot and awarded the Purple Heart.

While the Mueller report ultimately “did not establish” criminal collusion between the Trump campaign and the Russian government, the special counsel found that Russia attempted to interfere in the 2016 election to benefit Trump.

The president has since attacked Mueller and Democrats, whom he says perpetuated a Russia collusion “hoax.”

The Bush Center and spokespeople for Obama did not immediately respond to a request for comment.