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The censure resolution was really about defending the phony electors.Amanda Carpenter - February 17, 2022
Yes, it was despicable that the RNC would censure Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger for serving on the Jan. 6th Committee. And yes, any plain reading of the document would leave the reader with the impression the RNC was describing the rioters as engaging in legitimate political discourse. Thats troubling enough. But if you look closely at remarks made last week by RNC Chairwoman Ronna Romney McDaniel, youll see something even more disturbing.
McDaniel, it turns out, isnt that upset about hundreds of faceless Trump rubes being prosecuted by the Department of Justice for engaging in physical acts of trespass and violence on Jan. 6th. Shes pissed that RNC members are getting hit with subpoenas for participating in the phony electors scheme designed by the Trump campaign to deny Joe Biden his Electoral College victory.
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Claire Oh Nette
(2,636 posts)Like Legitimate Banking discourse is running a deficit in my checking account, you know, as protest??
maxsolomon
(32,983 posts)Romney-McDaniel simply acquiesced because she is a quisling.
L. Coyote
(51,129 posts)How long have Cheney and Kinziger been on the committee? Long enough to make one wonder, Why now?
Because the subpoenas are targeting the Republican leaders who participated in the failed coup. And because of the criminal and civil liability the party now faces.
It is well past time for the Jan. 6 victims to sue the Republican Party and take a big bite out of their bank accounts.
BananaReTHUG collusion. Bankrupt them!
maxsolomon
(32,983 posts)It's important to know this is part of the GQP's internal struggle and that it comes directly from President Mobster's camp.
And to know that McDaniel is throwing the official party apparatus behind a statement she's too (presumably) too smart to actually believe. She's doing it because Trump has the power to impose it on the party.