McConnell Slams RNC’s Censure Of Reps. Cheney & Kinzinger

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🗓️ 9 February 2022

⏱️ 41 minutes

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The two Republican leaders in Congress are at odds over the Republican National Committee’s resolution that formally censured Reps. Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger for serving on the House committee that’s investigating the January 6 attack on the Capitol. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said the committee shouldn’t be "singling out members of our party who may have different views from the majority.” Mike Shields is a former RNC chief of staff. He joins AC360 to discuss Sen. McConnell’s comments. Plus, CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky says now is “not the moment” to drop mask mandates in schools as some states, including Connecticut and New Jersey, have announced they won’t require students and teachers to wear masks in just weeks or next month. Dr. Richard Besser is the former acting CDC director. He tells AC360 it’s a tricky balancing act between keeping kids safe and getting some sense of normalcy back. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	So the party that once compared itself to a big tent now looks more like the big top
0:06.6	with members divided over what should be in the center ring and what belongs in the
0:10.1	side show.
0:11.3	John Berman here in Ferranderson.
0:13.5	Today in a very stark statement, the Senate's leading Republican criticize his party's decision
0:18.4	to censure Congresswoman Liz Cheney and Congressman Adam Kinzinger for serving on the January
0:23.2	6th select committee.
0:24.8	He also made how he sees January 6th abundantly and unambiguously clear.
0:31.8	The Senate appropriate for the Republican Senate to censure two sitting members of Congress
0:36.9	and also use the words legitimate political discourse on talking about January 6th.
0:42.1	Well, let me give my view of what happened January 6th and we're all we're here.
0:48.2	We're here.
0:49.2	We saw what happened.
0:50.2	It was a violent insurrection for the purpose of trying to prevent the peaceful transfer
0:57.2	of power after a legitimately certified election from one administration to the next.
1:06.0	That's what it was.
1:08.1	Our reminder Mitch McConnell never says anything by accident.
1:11.4	Every syllable is carefully chosen.
1:13.6	His use of the words violent insurrection is significant and carries with it potential
1:18.3	legal implications because obviously it's against the law, but it's significant for other
1:22.8	reasons too.
1:24.0	There are anchors on other cable networks who launch into giant saliloquies asserting
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