Following writer E. Jean Carroll’s defamation trial jury’s order for Donald Trump to pay $83.3 million in damages — the silence from the Republican Party is worth noting, according to Politico politics editor David Siders. He writes, “In the past, when prosecutors or the courts have smacked Trump, the former president fumed and the GOP rage machine spun itself into overdrive, framing the court developments as acts of political persecution. In the Carroll case, the first part happened, but not the second.” Former Michigan GOP Executive Director Jason Roe told Politico, “Everyone is just trying …