G.O.P. Declares Jan. 6 Attack 'Legitimate Political Discourse'

[Nevilledog]

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Breaking News: The Republican Party officially declared the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol “legitimate political discourse” and censured two of its own members, Representatives Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger, for investigating it.

Representative Liz Cheney has said Republican leaders “have made themselves willing hostages” to former President Donald J. Trump.
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G.O.P. Declares Jan. 6 Attack ‘Legitimate Political Discourse’
The Republican National Committee voted to censure Representatives Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger for participating in the inquiry into the deadly riot at the Capitol.
11:40 AM · Feb 4, 2022

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/04/us/politics/republicans-jan-6-cheney-censure.html

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WASHINGTON — The Republican Party on Friday officially declared the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol and events that led to it “legitimate political discourse,” formally rebuking two lawmakers in the party who have been most outspoken in condemning the deadly riot and the role of Donald J. Trump in spreading the election lies that fueled it.

The Republican National Committee’s overwhelming voice vote to censure Representatives Liz Cheney of Wyoming and Adam Kinzinger of Illinois at its winter meeting in Salt Lake City culminated more than a year of vacillation, which started with party leaders condemning the Capitol attack and Mr. Trump’s conduct, then shifted to downplaying and denying it.

On Friday, the party went further in a resolution slamming Ms. Cheney and Mr. Kinzinger for taking part in the House investigation of the assault, saying they were participating in “persecution of ordinary citizens engaged in legitimate political discourse.”

It was an extraordinary statement about the deadliest attack on the Capitol in 200 years, in which a mob of Mr. Trump’s supporters stormed the complex, brutalizing police officers and sending lawmakers into hiding. Nine people died in connection with the attack and more than 150 officers were injured. The party passed the resolution without discussion and almost without dissent.

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[dalton99a]

1. Their treason is official.

[Dorian Gray]

33. I feel very confident

in saying that they miscalculated with this. Big time.

[eShirl]

2. What is it with these anti-American fuckers, anyway?

WTF

[chowder66]

3. Dems should declare Legitimate Domestic Terrorism.

[Irish_Dem]

4. So if I violently break into a bank and demand money, it is normal?

And if I shoot a bank guard that is OK too?

[Nevilledog]

6. So long as you're wearing a MAGAt hat.

[Irish_Dem]

10. Right, GOP entitlement, they don't have to follow the law.

[TheRealNorth]

27. You need to make it sound legal....

Like "legitimate legal tender acquisition"

[Irish_Dem]

31. "It's really my money. The bank stole it from me."

I'm just getting it back.

I'm a patriot and the President sent me.

[Jilly_in_VA]

5. If that's legitimate

they are officially living in Germany in 1933. That is all.

[NCDem47]

7. I KNEW it!!

This and all the Trump shenanigans would eventually just be waved off by Republicans as "political strategy." In their minds, the Dems do it too. They can just say all these machinations are part of the poiltical process. It's not their fault that they're smarter than Dems to outmaneuver and outplay.

[KPN]

23. Yep. Exactly -- Democrats "strategize" too. We eat, sleep

and breath as well — or “too”, just like them. All just another form of idiotic Repuke projection.

[Thomas Hurt]

8. To the fascist, life is war.

[KPN]

24. Yeah, that has crossed my mind umpteen times in the past few

years. To them, the fascists, the world is a “Game of Thrones”. Boiled down to the most fundamental level, that’s what it comes to. In their minds it is ultimately either “us or them”, “me or you”; a zero sum game to it’s ultimate end.

[LeftinOH]

9. This is coming from the "legitimate rape" scumbags.

[Emile]

11. Traitors who tried and failed to overthrow

Democracy and replace it with Fascism belong in jail!

[C_U_L8R]

12. Tell it to the judge.

These republican traitor weasels are legitimately going to prison. And they will kick and scream all the way to their stinky cells.

[maxsolomon]

13. I could see making a distinction between the Riot and Trump's machinations:

the public lying, the lawsuits, the Eastman et al planning for how to overturn the results in Congress, the actual objections made by all the GQP Congressmen, all that could be construed as legit political discourse.

But 2 things are clearly illegal:
1. The Riot with the trespass, interruption of official proceedings, injuries and deaths.
2. The false slates of electors sent to the National Archives. That is election fraud.

We really have a massive problem in this nation, and the J6 Committee won't come close to solving it.

IOKIYAR.

[Baitball Blogger]

14. What are the prongs for legitimate political discourse?

Is there anything about covering up a crime?

[ProudMNDemocrat]

15. People DIED conducting "Legitimate Political Discourse."

JFC!!!

The RNC is LOST and the Party is officially DEAD!

[Hekate]

16. So, if someone takes a dump inside the RNC, that's "legitimate political discourse"? Also breaking...

…windows, smashing doors, bringing zip-ties and a noose? Uh, okay. Good to know you would find that acceptable in your headquarters.

[Nevilledog]

19. ...

Link to tweet

[Hekate]

20. Yes, yes. And they've made it clear that Kamala Harris, as VP, could personally decide the results...

…of a presidential election in favor of Joe Biden.

Brilliant.

[Nevilledog]

25. I gotta admit I'm kinda confused.

Going along with their conspiracy theories :

1. Are they praising BLM & Antifa for their political activism, cuz that's who was at the Capitol "intercoursing"

or

2. Do they owe FBI a big thank you for encouraging meek Trumpists to embrace the intercourse?

[Hekate]

26. It is confusing. They might mean the missionary position, bcs of gawd's will, but that still...

…begs the question of who’s on first?

[TheRealNorth]

28. Confusion is part of the strategy....

They can pivot to whatever argument is convenient at the moment. And it's not like the MSM will call them on it.

[Mr. Ected]

17. Then trying them and putting them all in jail can be considered "legitimate legal discourse"

Our world is real. So are our prisons.

Deal with it.

[KPN]

18. Definition "discourse":

noun. written or spoken communication or debate

[CloudWatcher]

21. So can we now declare the GOP a terrorist organization?

And ... don't we have more than a few existing laws on how to deal with terrorists? We could start by impounding their funds and banning them from travel by air.

[lagomorph777]

22. Tagging anything "legitimate" makes it OK. Like "legitimate rape."

[Tickle]

29. If the two parties can't agree on this

I wonder how history will

[spanone]

30. The party should be dissolved. They should not be allowed to participate in elections....

or governing.

[spanone]

32. The republicans are living in another reality. How do you deal with that?

TWILIGHT ZONE

[Caliman73]

34. They are not "hostages" they are accomplices.

On any other day, I would be attacking Cheney and Kinzinger for being conservative hacks. Their views on almost every other policy position are diametrically opposed to mine. The only thing they have going for them is courage to put the law above partisanship.

Republicans are not hostages, not even "willing hostages". The more we find out about the plan to overturn the election, the more we find out that Republicans willingly participated in the project. They are accomplices. They wanted to overturn the legitimate election. Some got scared when the plan failed and have tried to distance themselves, but they all knew what was going on. They would have been just fine if the election had actually been overturned.

[sinkingfeeling]

35. So, the Grand Old Party is now the party of no rules, no laws, no crime needs to be prosecuted.

[edhopper]

37. And voters will still

hand them Congress in November