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Republican National Committee sues the January 6 Committee for ‘unlawfully seizing information’

The lawsuit is the latest attack on the committee’s legitimacy by Republicans.

The Independent UK

Trump plane makes emergency landing after engine failure

The former US president was traveling on a donor’s private plane from a Republican National Committee donor retreat in New Orleans back to his Florida estate

Wales Online

Trump belittles NATO

Trump met with the Republican National Committee in Louisiana on Saturday

Salon

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Republicans Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger slam GOP and Trump over Ukraine crisis

Both Congress members were censured by the Republican National Committee earlier this month.

Axios

Editorial: GOP’s move to pull out of presidential debates fits in with ongoing attack on truth

It’s worth reflecting on this irony that emerged from the Republican National Committee’s meeting this month: At the same time the GOP absurdly deemed the Jan. 6 insurrectionists “ordinary citizens engaged in legitimate political discourse,” it took a step toward shutting down actual legitimate political discourse by advancing a rule…

Los Angeles Times

Jackie Calmes: Sen. Susan Collins: A profile in cowardice

It took her three days, but Sen. Susan Collins finally criticized the Republican National Committee for its shameful resolution last week calling the insurrectionists of Jan. 6, 2021, "ordinary citizens engaged in legitimate political discourse."

Los Angeles Times

Editorial: Follow Mitch’s lead: McConnell shows some backbone, a rarity in the Republican Party

Properly translating the Republican National Committee’s Orwellian statement that the Jan. 6 Capitol marauders and rioters were “ordinary citizens engaged in legitimate political discourse,” Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell dropped the Newspeak and said in plain English: “We all were here. We saw what happened. It was a violent insurrection…

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Georgia Republicans say colleagues on Jan. 6 panel deserved RNC censure

WASHINGTON — Republican members in Georgia's congressional delegation took no issue with the Republican National Committee's censure of two GOP members serving on the committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol riot. But they also were unwilling to align themselves with the controversial language used, which described the insurrection as "legitimate…

Tribune News Service

Editorial: Can a lawmaker uphold Constitution yet aid insurrectionists? Short answer: No

Increasing numbers of Republicans are joining Democrats in Congress condemning last week’s Republican National Committee statement defending the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection as “legitimate political discourse.” Exasperation and frustration are growing on both sides of the aisle over the lack of accountability for lawmakers who cheered on the insurrection. At…

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Republican rift exposes choice: With Trump or against him

A rift over the Republican National Committee's symbolic vote to censure former President Donald Trump’s House GOP critics has exposed the competing forces fighting to control the party

The Independent UK

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

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.

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The Independent UK

GOP at war: Romney vows to go head to head with Trump with fundraiser for Liz Cheney

Romney’s niece, Ronna McDaniel, is the chairwoman of the Republican National Committee

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

Tribune News Service

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.”

The Guardian - US

Kamala Harris’s husband Doug Emhoff evacuated from DC school over bomb threat – as it happened

Second gentleman escorted by security from Dunbar high school in Washington

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St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Editorial: Republicans censure 2 true conservatives — and confirm their party is a cult

When future historians seek to pinpoint exactly when it was that the Republican Party stopped being a legitimate political entity promoting a coherent set of principles and was transformed fully into a cult of personality organized around a would-be autocrat, Feb. 4, 2022, might be in contention. That date —…

The Independent UK

Trump's GOP: Party further tightens tie to former president

As officials gathered in Utah this week for the Republican National Committee's winter meeting, party leaders left no doubt that the GOP is choosing to serve former President Donald Trump and his political interests before the next presidential election

Los Angeles Times

RNC votes to censure GOP members of Jan. 6 probe, moves closer to debate withdrawal

Republican National Committee members passed a resolution on Friday to formally censure GOP Reps. Liz Cheney of Wyoming and Adam Kinzinger of Illinois over their work on a House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, in an unprecedented rebuke of sitting members of Congress.

Salon

RNC calls Capitol riot "legitimate"

The stunning statement of support comes as the Republican National Committee censures incumbent members of Congress

Tribune News Service

RNC censures US Reps. Cheney, Kinzinger for serving on House Jan. 6 panel

The Republican National Committee voted to censure U.S. Reps. Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger for serving on the House committee investigating the insurrection at the Capitol last year, saying the panel is “persecution of ordinary citizens engaged in legitimate political discourse.”

The Guardian - US

Republicans call January 6 ‘legitimate political discourse’ as party censures Cheney and Kinzinger – as it happened

Move was response to representatives’ involvement in House select committee investigating Capitol attack

Tribune News Service

GOP panel approves resolution censuring Cheney and Kinzinger

WASHINGTON — The Republican National Committee is expected to consider a resolution on Friday to censure U.S. Reps. Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger, two of the most vocal GOP critics of Donald Trump, for serving on the House committee investigating the attack on the Capitol last year.

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