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The Jan. 6 Capitol attacks offer a reminder – distrust in government has long been part of Republicans' playbook

The Republican National Committee has legitimized the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attacks. The RNC declared on Feb. 4, 2022, that the insurrection and preceding events were “legitimate political discourse” — an assertion that Sen. Mitch McConnell soon after countered, saying that it was a “violent insurrection.”

The Conversation

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

The Republican National Committee chastised Representatives Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger, irking the Senate minority leader

The Guardian - US

GOP lawmaker apologizes for cursing at Democrat over masks

A senior Republican lawmaker has apologized for using an expletive when Democratic Rep. Joyce Beatty of Ohio asked him to put his mask on while in the Capitol

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Sen. Mitch McConnell denounces censure of 2 House Republicans; Rep. Kevin McCarthy dodges the question

WASHINGTON — Senate GOP leader Mitch McConnell on Tuesday said it was “not the job” of the Republican National Committee to censure Reps. Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger for participating in the House investigation into the Jan. 6 Capitol attack, which he described as a “violent insurrection” in contrast to…

Los Angeles Times

Sen. Mitch McConnell slams GOP whitewash of Jan. 6 attack: ‘A violent insurrection’

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.

Tribune News Service

FBI: Online sleuths' posts led to 2 arrests in Capitol riot

Court filings say the FBI has arrested two men on charges stemming from last year's riot at the U.S. Capitol after reviewing information gathered and posted by a network of online sleuths

The Independent UK

What the 'freedom convoy' reveals about the ties among politics, police and the law

The so-called freedom convoy, which began in January 2022 to challenge vaccination requirements for truckers crossing the Canada-United States border, is a fascinating specimen for the sociology of law enforcement. At a time of growing fatigue over social distancing and other COVID-19 measures, the protests quickly escalated.

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McConnell rebukes RNC, calls Jan. 6 ‘violent insurrection’

The Senate minority leader is the highest-ranking Republican to criticise the censure of Reps Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger

The Independent UK

McConnell rebukes RNC, calls Jan. 6 'violent insurrection'

Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell is criticizing the Republican National Committee for censuring two House GOP lawmakers investigating the “violent insurrection” on Jan. 6, 2021, saying it’s not the party’s job to decide whom to support

The Independent UK

Kevin McCarthy dodges questions on whether Capitol riot was ‘legitimate political discourse’

RNC resolution calls congressional probe into Jan 6 ‘persecution of ordinary citizens engaged in legitimate political discourse’

The Independent UK

Joe Kent interview: Pro-Trump Republican challenger says Jan 6 protesters ‘held in DC gulag’

Former Green Beret hoping to take down one of the Republicans who voted to impeach Trump tells The Independent hs support for the former president inspired him to run

The Independent UK

Meeting between Oath Keepers and Proud Boys leaders reportedly under investigation in Capitol riot probe

The meeting between Enrique Tarrio and Elmer Stewart Rhodes is being investigated by FBI agents

The Independent UK

Capitol Police chief pushes back against Rep. Nehls’ allegations of improper investigation - Roll Call

Capitol Police Chief J. Thomas Manger defended his department, saying an officer acted with vigilance in Nehl's office.

Roll Call

Sen. Mitt Romney slams GOP for ‘legitimate discourse’ defense of Jan. 6 attack

Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) is leading a chorus of GOP outrage over the Republican National Committee’s defense of the violent attack on the Capitol as “legitimate political discourse.”

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Chicago Sun-Times

When revisionist history is turned into truth

Calling the Jan. 6 riots "legitimate political discourse," as the censure of Illinois Rep. Adam Kinzinger and Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney does, is nothing more than a willful denial of reality.

The Conversation

What is 'legitimate political discourse,' and does it include the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol?

When the governing body of the Republican Party called the events of Jan. 6, 2021, “legitimate public discourse,” it renewed a sometimes-furious debate about what are, and aren’t, acceptable forms of discussion and debate in a democratic society.

The Guardian - US

Romney won’t criticise niece for calling Trump lies and Capitol riot ‘legitimate political discourse’

Senator says he has texted with ‘terrific’ Ronna McDaniel, RNC chair who oversaw censure of Cheney and Kinzinger

Chicago Tribune

Editorial: What’s the GOP’s new ‘big lie’? Jan. 6 was ‘legitimate political discourse’

Jan. 6, 2021, the day a mob of Donald Trump loyalists carried out an insurrection against the Capitol, is etched in the minds of Americans. No doubt historians will memorialize that terrible, ugly day as a nadir in American democracy, a moment of shame that indelibly scarred the nation.

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Salon

Islamophobia and the insurrection

For two decades, the FBI ignored white supremacist radicals while spying 24/7 on largely innocuous Muslim Americans

The Independent UK

Trump ‘confused’ why staff didn’t enjoy him rewinding riot footage

‘Look at all of the people fighting for me’, Trump told stunned aides

Tribune News Service

Rep. Jamaal Bowman of New York won’t face action by House Ethics Committee over voting rights protest

NEW YORK — U.S. Rep. Jamaal Bowman, D-N.Y., won’t face any punishment or further investigation by the House Ethics Committee over his participation in a recent voting rights protest outside the Capitol.

Tribune News Service

‘I just wanna die’: NC man battling COVID-19 as sentencing looms for his role in Capitol riot

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Federal prosecutors want a North Carolina man to serve a month in prison for his role in U.S. Capitol riot.

The Guardian - US

Madison Cawthorn backed the Capitol attack. Will he be barred from office?

We should be cautious about barring people from seeking office. But in the case of pro-insurrectionists, there is a very strong case

The Independent UK

What does Ivanka Trump know about Jan. 6? Congress is asking

The House committee investigating the attack on the U.S. Capitol wants to know what Ivanka Trump heard and saw that day

The Independent UK

Capitol rioter wants to subpoena Trump to testify in his defence that he acted on ex-president’s direction

Lawyer for man charged in attack argues Trump and his allies ‘engaged in a concerted effort to deceive the public ... into believing that American democracy was at stake’

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