BREAKING: The RNC has censured Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger citing their roles in the January 6 commission and their efforts to “destroy President Trump.”
noting that the Republican Party has taken an extreme far right turn since Trump became its de facto“The leaders of the Republican Party have made themselves willing hostages to a man who admits he tried to overturn a presidential election and suggests he would pardon Jan. 6 defendants, some of whom have been charged with seditious conspiracy,” Cheney wrote. “I’m a constitutional conservative and I do not recognize those in my party who have abandoned the Constitution to embrace Donald Trump.
Some Democratic lawmakers came to Cheney and Kinzinger’s defense, pointing out that the censure resolution was indicative of how extreme the GOP has become. “In today’s GOP no one is censured for crimes & corruption. Fomenting insurrection, insider trading, fraud, sex trafficking with a minor – all good!”, a Democratic congressman from California. “But dare to OPPOSE crimes/corruption & it’s censure time.”
Although the censure aims to punish Cheney and Kinzinger for their anti-Trump views, it may end up working to their advantage. According to an analysis from
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