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Corrected, 5:49 p.m. | The Republican National Committee’s resolution censuring Reps. Liz Cheney of Wyoming and Adam Kinzinger of Illinois for their membership on the House select committee investigating Jan. 6 has forced Republicans on the Hill to answer some uncomfortable questions and given Democrats a new line of attack in fundraising emails invoking the phrase “legitimate political discourse.”
It’s also led to another back-and-forth between former President Donald Trump and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, who said this week that the attack on the Capitol was a “violent insurrection” and that, historically, party committees have supported members “regardless of their positions on some issues.”
