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Support Joe Collins for Congress!Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) came down hard on the Republican National Committee (RNC) earlier this afternoon. McConnell criticized the RNC's recent censure of Reps. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) and Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) for serving on the House select committee investigating the attack on the U.S. Capitol.
McConnell also criticized the language used by the RNC, which claimed the Jan. 6 committee was a “persecution of ordinary citizens engaged in legitimate political discourse.” McConnell said the mob of pro-Trump protesters who breached the Capitol, temporarily halting the certification of Joe Biden's Electoral College win, had a participated in a “violent insurrection.”
WATCH:
The Hill reports:
“It was a violent insurrection with the purpose of trying to prevent peaceful transfer of power. …That's what it was,” McConnell said.
The RNC sparked fierce backlash after it described Jan. 6, when a mob of former President Trump's followers breached the building, as “legitimate political discourse” in a resolution censuring Kinzinger and Cheney.
RNC Ronna McDaniel appeared to try to clarify the resolution, saying in a statement that the two GOP lawmakers were involved in persecuting citizens “engaged in legitimate political discourse” but “that had nothing to do with violence at the Capitol.” The last section was not in the RNC resolution.
McConnell said he had confidence in McDaniel but that it was the job traditionally of the RNC to support all Republicans and not “singling out” members.
“That's not the job of the RNC,” he added.
Initially, 35 House Republicans voted to support an independent commission to investigate the U.S. Capitol attack as part of a bipartisan deal.
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) later pulled all GOP members he had nominated from then-developing House committee investigating the attack after Speaker Pelosi's rejection of Reps. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) and Jim Banks (R-Ind).
At the time, Pelosi cited “statements and actions” made by Jordan and Banks as the reason for rejecting their nominations. She approved McCarthy's other nominees, Reps. Rodney Davis of Illinois, Kelly Armstrong of North Dakota and Troy Nehls of Texas.
But for McCarthy, that wasn't good enough.
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What more will it take to get rid of Mitch McConell, the RINO?
It is getting more difficult to keep anger under control, people like McConnell don’t deserve another term,cowards like him i sure hope his state people kick this Rino OUT.
I sure hope the voters in McConnell’s home state are paying attention to the RINO actions he has demonstrated in the recent past. He has evolved into a long-time political scumbag whose personal interests and enrichment are much more important than meeting the needs and desires of his constituents. If the voters in his state are paying attention maybe that Senate seat “won’t be his job” anymore after his next election cycle.
McConnell Breaks With RNC Over Censure of Reps. Cheney and Kinzinger
What a laugh, McConnell is a RINO who broke from the Republican party YEARS AGO. He should be put out to pasture by his constituents ASAP! Anyone who doesn’t realize this has been living under a rock!
I also hope the voters of McConell state wize up and get rid of this turtle. Folks after 2 terms politicians have to find a job instead of liveing off of us the tax payer. Ted Cruze interducedted spoke out about the term limits but most politicians said NO, we”ll we have had our fill so out you GO.
McConnell has got to go, the ol goat has got to go. Trouble maker piece of work. If he would of did his job
when republicans had control we would not be where we are today. Liz Cheney does not deserve to be any where near a public office, she betrayed her party and we the people of the USA.
Mitch go away. We do not want you in DC period. Go home and enjoy what life you have left. You have wore your welcome out.
Kinzinger and Cheney are both RINO’s as well as traitors to their party. If they are so sure of this “insurrection”, why will they not release the thousands of hours from the cameras? Maybe there is something they don’t want the American people to know about. As for McConnell, please don’t make him the majority if the Republicans take back the senate.
Resign Cocaine Mitch you P0S!
Poor Mitch, he’s got the Trump people pissed at him, when all he’s doing is his job. Unless the GOP sheds it’s self of Trump they will not win control of either the house or the Senate. There is too much hate Trump throughout the country and people will not vote for those that support Trump for another election run. He’ s had his shot and it’s time to pull together and get someone that has a chance to get elected, and that isn’t Trump.
For years this RINO Mitch who is married to(Elaine Chao)the daughter of the worlds largest Chinese Military and Commercial Shipbuilder who is now engaged in building the largest Naval Fleet in the World for China
in order to take domain of the Pacific and Indo China Region of the world and limit US Economic influence in the reason is reason enough to question this characters Loyalty to the US. His wife also has held admin positions in our government. I wonder how much her daddy has paid in gratuities for information to his daughter and son in law? Vote this guy out of office he is equal to or no better than Joe Biden and Company
McConnell is not only a Rino who should sitdown and shut up we are tired of listening bullshit. It also appears he is under the thumb of his wifes CCP Chinese family.
Traitor Mitch’s wife, Elaine Chao, was born in
Taiwan. Her family probably fled
from China after Nationalist General Chiang Kai Shack lost the civil war to the demon Mao and the Communists. Shame on Elaine if she has turned to the CCP, forgetting that Taiwan is now a target of the CCP.
McConnell has to be booted from office.Folks where he is from it is high time to kick this joke of a politician with people like him & ties to China OUT i am getting very fed up with politicians like him he doesn’t represent us. There are to many politicians sent to DC and for people like him, he has screwed us out of our hard earned money.
Wonder what the demonic Globalists have on compromised RINO McConell? Another purchased Pedophile perhaps? Yup.
He is a pitiful, blind leader. He talks out of both sides of his mouth and cannot be trusted.