If you ask local Republican committeeman Terry Christopher about the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, heâll point out that American history is filled with examples of citizens taking the law into their own hands to force change.
âThere are absolutely times when violence is appropriate, and itâs not a coincidence that it lines up with a corrupt government ignoring the masses who first called for peaceful solutions,â Christopher, the Lancaster Township area chairman of the Republican Committee of Lancaster County, wrote on the committeeâs Facebook page following the attack.
While his opinion is an outlier among local party officials, including the party chairman, his views are reflective of a larger debate happening inside the GOP following the insurrection incited by former President Donald Trump.