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Republicans sue Jan. 6 panel over Salesforce data subpoena

The Republican National Committee sued the members of Congress investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, accusing the Democrat-led group of abusing its power for political gain.

Tribune News Service · Mar 10, 2022

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 · Mar 9, 2022

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 · Mar 9, 2022

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…

Tribune News Service · Feb 11, 2022

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 · Feb 10, 2022

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 · Feb 10, 2022

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 · Feb 10, 2022

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 · Feb 9, 2022

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 · Feb 9, 2022

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 · Feb 8, 2022