White House press secretary Jen Psaki on Tuesday said the White House rejects the notion declared by the Republican National Committee (RNC) that the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol was "legitimate political discourse."
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) criticized the Republican National Committee (RNC) for its censure of Reps. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) and Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) and broke with their language on the Jan.
“We don’t need any other sideshow, chatter, infighting. What we need to be is unified against this terrible Democrat agenda that is literally against everything that Joe Biden spoke about in terms of unity and coming together in a bipartisan fashion,” Wagner said.
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“If we don’t carry that message, then shame on us.”
Republicans have plenty of distractions they’ll need to overcome. The GOP is still reeling from the political fallout from the Jan. 6 riot that led to the deaths of five people, including a Capitol Police officer. GOP leaders were also put in the unenviable spot of defending a new member, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.), for her endorsement of racist screeds and calls for violence against prominent Democrats a social media track record that prompted the House to strip Greene of her committee assignments.