One political party’s attempt to overthrow an election is apparently that same party’s definition of “legitimate political discourse.”
The censure resolution accuses Kinzinger and Cheney of “participating in a Democrat-led persecution of ordinary citizens engaged in legitimate political discourse,” which, the AP notes, is “a striking description of the violent attack on the Capitol by supporters of then-President Donald Trump.”
GOP Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel muddied the waters a bit by claiming that the “legitimate political discourse” referenced in the resolution “had nothing to do with violence at the Capitol.”
Her uncle, Utah Sen. Mitt Romney, had a different opinion about Kinzinger and Cheney.
Many Twitter users took the GOP’s suggestion that storming the Capitol to change the results of an election was “legitimate political discourse” as the gaslighting it was.
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