The Republican Party considers the attack on Capitol Hill to be "legitimate political speech"

By Rebecca

The Republican National Committee (RNC) approved this Friday a statement that considers the violent attack on January 6, 2021 against the Capitol, seat of American democracy, and which caused the death of agents who defended it, as "legitimate political speech".

This statement served to argue the vote of no confidence against two Republican congressmen, the representative for Wyoming Liz Cheney and the representative for Illinois Adam Kinzinger, who are part of the investigation commission in the House on the January assault despite the boycott promoted by the Republican leadership.

According to the resolution, lawmakers are taking part in the

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The resolution was approved by open, non-secret vote in Salt Lake City at the RNC's annual meeting, after it was unveiled to the 168-member committee in its general session.

Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger listen during a committee on the attack.Drew Angerer / AFP via Getty Images file

An RNC panel had advanced the measure on Thursday, which calls for "immediately ceasing all support for congressmen as members of the party for their behavior, which has been destructive to the institution of the House of Representatives, the Republican Party and our republic, and is inconsistent with the conference position.”

He continued to attack the two congressmen for their criticism of former President Donald Trump, who was the one who instigated the violent attack of his followers against the Capitol, where at that time all the senators and representatives were gathered.

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"The conference must not be sabotaged by Representatives Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger, who have shown, in action and word, that they support Democratic efforts to destroy President Trump more than they support regaining a Republican majority in 2022," the statement said. resolution.

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Before the vote, Cheney said Thursday that party leaders have become "willing hostages of a man who admits he tried to overturn a presidential election and suggests he would pardon the January 6 defendants, some of whom have been charged with seditious conspiracy.

Several lawmakers have denounced the RNC move, including Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah and 2012 GOP presidential candidate.

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"The shame falls on a party that censors people of conscience, who seek the truth in the face of rancor," he said on the social network Twitter on Friday.

"The honor goes to Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger for seeking the truth even when doing so comes at great personal cost," she added.

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Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-Louisiana, also tweeted late Thursday: "The RNC censors Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger for trying to find out what happened on Jan 6 - HUH?"