The conservative National Review magazine on Saturday savaged its usual ally the Republican National Committee as “morally repellent” and “politically self-destructive” for how it recently addressed last year’s violent attack on the Capitol by Donald Trump supporters.
The magazine slashed the RNC for censuring Reps. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) and Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) on Friday for daring to serve on the House select committee probing the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot.
Particularly startling, in censuring the lawmakers, the RNC described the attack on the Capitol as “legitimate political discourse.” Some 140 police officers were injured when the mob stormed the Capitol that day and more than 740 people have been arrested in conjunction with the riot.
“The action of the mob on January 6 was an indefensible disgrace,” the Review flatly declared in its editorial. “It is deserving of both political accountability and criminal prosecution. Aspects of it are also fit subjects for a properly conducted congressional inquiry. It is wrong to minimize or excuse what happened that day.”
The RNC’s massive misstep in labeling the Capitol action “legitimate political discourse” is “political malpractice of the highest order coming from people whose entire job is politics,” the Review noted.
It will be “used against hundreds of elected Republicans who were not consulted” in the drafting of the wording and “do not endorse its sentiment,” the magazine added.
Wha_She_Said_Is_Nuts on February 6th, 2022 at 16:02 UTC »
Let's get a bunch of diverse Americans of color to storm the capital and see if they agree in discourse.
_Electric_shock on February 6th, 2022 at 15:53 UTC »
These same republicans will likely still vote republican, despite their claims that what they're doing is "morally repellent". It's all theater. Behind the scenes, all the fascists are united.
mystreetisadeadend on February 6th, 2022 at 15:45 UTC »
If you read it carefully, they're really only upset because this looks bad and can be widely used in future Dem ads.
They don't give a fuck about morals.