Censured lawmakers are not going quietly after being rebuked by the RNC, and attacked by Donald Trump.
Following the censure vote, former President Trump called Cheney and Kinzinger"two horrible RINOs [Republican In Name Only] who put themselves ahead of our Country," adding that the GOP"would be far better off without them!"said that Kinzinger and Cheney had"crossed the line" on investigating January 6 and criticising Trump.
Rep. Liz Cheney and Rep. Adam Kinzinger listen as Rep. Elaine Luria speaks during the House Select Committee investigating the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol on July 27, 2021 at the Cannon House Office Building in Washington, DC.Joshua Scacco, an associate professor of political communication at the University of South Florida, said the split within the GOP began with the second impeachment of Trump and has"only deepened" with the January 6 investigation.
"This compliance in the Republican Party is to the 'big lie' and anti-democratic turn the Party has made to embrace violence as a legitimate form of political expression," Scacco said. "This split is more than politics. It is some members of a political party rejecting the illiberal, or anti-democratic, turn of the Republican Party. Ideologically, Cheney and Kinzinger share a similar political orientation to many Republicans on policy.If Trump-endorsed candidates help the GOP retake control of the House andThe public fallout looks send to continue for some time yet.
Donald Trump speaks on the first day of the Republican National Convention at the Charlotte Convention Center on August 24, 2020 in Charlotte, North Carolina.
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