Assault on Capitol, McConnell rejects Gop censorship: it was sedition

(ANSA) - WASHINGTON, 08 FEB - The Grand Old Party also splits at the summit on the party's motion of censure against the defendants Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger for their participation in the parliamentary commission in the investigation into the assault on the Congress, defined as a "persecution of citizens municipalities engaged in a legitimate political debate ".

Senatorial leader Mitch McConnell criticized the decision and argued that January 6 was a "violent uprising to prevent the peaceful transfer of power after a legitimately certified election."

    McConnell explained that the Grand Oldparty national committee should not criticize its members for their views other than the party majority: "it's not his job," he said, recalling that "traditionally the position of the national committee is to support all party members. regardless of their points of view on some issues ".

    The rejection of the censorship and his harsh judgment on the assault on the Capitol put him in opposition to the leader of the Republicans in the House Kevin McCarthy and above all to Donald Trump, the indirect inspiration of the motion and supporter of the narrative that tends to legitimize the assault on Congress as a political protest.

    In the party there have been other critical voices towards the excitement,

like that of Senator Susan Collins and colleague John Cornyn.

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