RNC votes to censure GOP Reps. Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger, in part for their roles on the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.
On Jan. 6, 2021, pro-Trump rioters broke into the U.S. Capitol. The attack resulted in deaths, injuries, more than 700 arrests and former President Donald Trump's second impeachment.The Republican National Committee voted Friday to censure GOP Reps. Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger, in part for their roles on the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.
"Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger crossed a line. They chose to join Nancy Pelosi in a Democrat-led persecution of ordinary citizens who engaged in legitimate political discourse that had nothing to do with violence at the Capitol. That's why Republican National Committee members and myself overwhelmingly support this resolution," RNC Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel said in a statement after the vote.
In response to the RNC resolution language about Jan. 6 and the"legitimate political discourse" it said took place, Cheney tweeted out a New York Times video depicting the violent reality of that day., with the video attached. Both Cheney and Kinzinger have been vocal in their refusal to embrace former President Donald Trump's baseless claims of election fraud, and were among the 10 Republicans who voted to impeach the former president for"incitement of an insurrection"-- to the disdain of many others in the GOP, who have since been overtly critical of the two lawmakers.Cheney faces an arduous primary challenge to maintain her Wyoming seat, while Kinzinger will not be running for reelection in Illinois.
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