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McConnell squares off with conservatives for downplaying 'violent insurrection'
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By Manu Raju, Melanie Zanona and Ted Barrett, CNN Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell made clear this week that the deadly events on January 6, 2021, were a “violent insurrection” meant to stop the peaceful transfer of power — a comment prompting backlash from a number of House and Senate Republicans.
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Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell is criticizing the Republican National Committee for censuring two House GOP lawmakers investigating the “violent insurrection” on Jan. 6, 2021, saying it’s not the party’s job to decide whom to support.
Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell explained, “‘It was a violent insurrection with the purpose of trying to prevent the peaceful transfer of power after a legitimately certified election.”
The Senate Minority Leader dismissed the RNC's description of January 6 as "legitimate political discourse"—but House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy had a different view.
By Manu Raju, Melanie Zanona and Ted Barrett, CNN Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell made clear this week that the deadly events on January 6, 2021, were a “violent insurrection” meant to stop the peaceful transfer of power — a comment prompting backlash from a number of House and Senate Republicans.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell on Tuesday called last year’s attack on the Capitol a “violent insurrection,” and pushed back on the Republican National Committee’s censure of Republicans on the House Jan. 6. Committee.
McConnell is criticizing the Republican National Committee for censuring two House GOP lawmakers investigating the "violent insurrection" on Jan. 6, 2021, saying it's not the party's job to decide whom to support.
WASHINGTON — Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell is criticizing the Republican National Committee for censuring two House Republicans who are investigating the “violent insurrection” at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, and says it’s not the party’s job...
“It was mostly a peaceful protest,” Rep. Michael Cloud, a Texas Republican, said Wednesday in response to McConnell. “The word ‘insurrection’ is politically charged propa...
By Manu Raju, Melanie Zanona and Ted Barrett, CNN Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell made clear this week that the deadly events on January 6, 2021, were a
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