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Loyal to Trump, Republican Party censures Cheney, Kinzinger

Representative Liz Cheney, the daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney, middle right, is vice chair of a House panel investigating the January 6 insurrection by Trump supporters at the US Capitol [Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP Photo]

The Republican Party’s national governing body has voted to censure two leading critics of Donald Trump in a move that signals the strength of the former president’s continuing hold on the party and outsized influence on politics in the United States.

Members of the Republican National Committee (RNC), meeting in Salt Lake City, Utah, adopted a resolution on Friday formally censuring Representatives Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger. Both had voted to impeach Trump for inciting the January 6, 2021 insurrection at the US Capitol.

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