Jan. 6 was “a violent insurrection,” McConnell said, pushing back on the RNC description of that day’s events as “legitimate political discourse.”
"It could not have been a more inappropriate message," said Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, who is McDaniel's uncle."Anything that my party does that comes across as being stupid is not going to help us" in the upcoming midterm elections, he added, after noting that McDaniel is a"wonderful person" and"doing her very best."
"Unfortunately, this committee has gone well beyond the scope of the events of that day, and is why the RNC overwhelmingly passed a resolution censuring Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger," the spokeswoman said.a brief video montage showing rioters violently clashing with police at the Capitol, spraying officers with chemical irritants, and attacking them with flagpoles and, in at least one instance, a hockey stick.Not all Republican leaders have spoken out against the RNC's resolution.
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