Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell denounced the Republican National Committee for suggesting the attack on the Capitol was “legitimate political discourse” and said it was wrong to censure lawmakers who joined the congressional probe of the insurrection.
The Kentucky senator, the most powerful Republican lawmaker in Congress, used the most robust language to date to push back against the growing effort by former President Donald Trump and his allies to whitewash or even praise the attackers.
“What happened Jan. 6 ... was a violent insurrection to try to prevent the peaceful transfer of power after a legitimately certified election,” McConnell said. “That’s what it was.”
