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The Guardian - US
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Joan E Greve and agencies

Mitch McConnell rebukes RNC for censuring party members investigating ‘violent insurrection’

Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell at the US Capitol.
Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell at the US Capitol. Photograph: Jonathan Ernst/Reuters

Mitch McConnell criticized the Republican National Committee for censuring Representatives Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger over their work for the House select committee investigating the January 6 attack on the Capitol, which he characterized as a “violent insurrection”.

The Senate minority leader said it was not the party’s place to single out members over their views. Speaking with reporters outside Senate Republicans’ closed-door weekly lunch, McConnell rebuked the RNC for its characterization of the deadly riot at the Capitol as “legitimate political discourse”.

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