RNC censure of Cheney, Kinzinger 'shameful whitewashing,' Rep. Meijer says

[marmar]

(Detroit News) West Michigan Republican U.S. Rep. Peter Meijer tweeted Friday that a censure resolution by the Republican National Committee against two House colleagues probing the Jan. 6 insurrection was a "shameful whitewashing."

Republican officials voted earlier Friday to censure Reps. Liz Cheney of Wyoming and Adam Kinzinger of Illinois, the two GOP members of the U.S. House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack. For months, the panel has been examining former President Donald Trump's efforts to hold on to power after losing the November 2020 election to Democrat Joe Biden.

Cheney and Kinzinger had participated "in a Democrat-led persecution of ordinary citizens engaged in legitimate political discourse," the Republican Party resolution said.

On Friday afternoon, Meijer, a first-term representative from Grand Rapids Township, retweeted a New York Times report about the vote. It said, "The Republican Party has officially declared the Jan. 6 attack 'legitimate political discourse.'"

"Violence must be a bright line dividing acceptable/unacceptable," Meijer wrote. "This shameful whitewashing gives comfort to extremists seeking power by force when they are incapable of persuasion. .............(more)

https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/politics/2022/02/04/rnc-censure-cheney-kinzinger-shameful-whitewashing-meijer-says/6668084001/

[BeckyDem]

1. GOP so far off the deep end.

Legitimate political discourse, incredible. A completely self-corrupted political party.