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The Republican National Committee voted Friday in favor of a motion of reprimand against Liz Cheney and Adam Kinsinger, who have been disgraced for being members of the U.S. House of Representatives investigative committee. attack on the capitol. The resolution characterizes the invasion as “legitimate political speech.”
The decision was driven by a motion by one of the party members loyal to the former president, David Bossi Donald Trump and members of the Maryland Republican Affiliatea precedent in the history of training, he has never condemned a sitting MP before.
The vote, held Friday at the party’s annual convention in Salt Lake City, Utah, was supported by a large majority of the 168 Republicans who voted, with a few exceptions.
“Directed Pursuit”
The resolution condemning Cheney and Kinsinger accused them of “participating in the Democratic-led persecution of ordinary citizens who engage in legitimate political speech.”
Thousands of Trump supporters stormed the Capitol that day, They broke windows and beat the police Trump sent lawmakers and then-Vice President Mike Pence for their lives after Trump delivered a fiery speech repeating his false claim that his election defeat was the result of widespread fraud. .
Friday’s vote had a different tone from the RNC statement issued on the day of the attack, which said “the scenes of violence we are witnessing do not represent an act of patriotism, but an attack on our country and its founding principles.”
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The motion filed on Thursday indicated that, if approved by the National Committee, Republicans would immediately halt any support for the two men listed as members of the formation for “disruptive behavior” in the United States. House of Representatives.
“Representatives Liz Cheney and Adam Kinsinger can’t spoil the meeting, they’ve shown with actions and words that they are more supportive of the Democrats’ attempt Destroy President Trump, not regain the Republican majority in 2022,” said the letter, which NBC has access to.
Cheney and Kinsinger were involved in a series of actions on the allegation as part of their committees that not only were not typical of Republican members of Congress, but “appeared to be intent on advancing the Democratic Party’s murky political agenda.
Both Cheney and Kinsinger are the only Republicans on the nine-representative committee, and the few in their party to have dared to condemn former President Trump’s role in the unrest in which a mob of his supporters attacked him. Republicans. Capitol, January 6, 2021.