Conservative National Review Calls GOP 'Morally Repellent' For Latest Jan. 6 Response
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Conservative National Review Calls GOP 'Morally Repellent' For Latest Jan. 6 Response
The magazine slashed the RNC for censuring Reps. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) and Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) on Friday for daring to serve on the House select committee probing the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot.
Particularly startling, in censuring the lawmakers, the RNC described the attack on the Capitol as “ legitimate political discourse .” Some 140 police officers were injured when the mob stormed the Capitol that day and more than 740 people have been arrested in conjunction with the riot.
“The action of the mob on January 6 was an indefensible disgrace,” the Review flatly declared in its editorial. “It is deserving of both political accountability and criminal prosecution. Aspects of it are also fit subjects for a properly conducted congressional inquiry. It is wrong to minimize or excuse what happened that day.”
The RNC’s massive misstep in labeling the Capitol action “legitimate political discourse” is “political malpractice of the highest order coming from people whose entire job is politics,” the Review noted.
It will be “used against hundreds of elected Republicans who were not consulted” in the drafting of the wording and “do not endorse its sentiment,” the magazine added.
“The RNC bought the entire party a bounty of bad headlines and easy attack ads,” the Review concluded. “It did so for no good purpose, and its action will only encourage those who see riots as legitimate political discourse. A mistake, and worse, a shame.”
Check out the full editorial .
This article originally appeared on HuffPost and has been updated.
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While they are correct, the GOP are morally repellent, it was right wing rags like the National Review who have made them so.
This is like the holding tank of a porta-potty calling the urinal "dirty" and "gross".
I don't think the NR was as morally repellent when it was founded 60+ years ago.
They obviously don't like trmp
Buckley was one of those conservatives that was respected by both sides of the political debate, IMO.
Not really. See him and Gore Vidal on Dick Cavett.
Think about that conversation. Vidal was a very far left liberal. Buckly was not a centrist. I bet that conversation was a hoot
William F. Buckley was fucking hilarious!
He ran for Mayor in NYC (Conservative Party candidate).
His platform was to put in bike paths (I'm guessing the bike paths would have been on platforms too).
The RNC’s massive misstep in labeling the Capitol action “legitimate political discourse” is “political malpractice of the highest order coming from people whose entire job is politics,” the Review noted.
It's nice to know there are still some sane Republicans.
An endangered species
There's some out there. We just have to coax them out with steak and bourbon
Yes? Did someone call me?
Dinner's ready, Tacos!
Here's your cocktail
The Lincoln Project.
Lincoln Report?
I guess to other TDS driven lunatics they look that way. By they way, they are not Republicans. Republicans will not hire them, work with them, or associate with them in any way.
They are bought and paid for by Democrats- that is all you need to know.
Link?
The National Review? The conservative National Review. Let's see. They brought us Supply Side Economics, Iran Contra, Tax cuts, more tax cuts, Grenada, Old Pineapple Face, Noriega, First Gulf War, Second Gulf War, more tax cuts, Homeland Security, Patriot Act, more tax cuts, a lot of missing taxpayers' money in the ME, more tax cuts and finally culminating in the NY Flim Flam Man infesting the WH.
Yeah. The conservative National Review.
The shear dumbassery of this comment defies all logic. Which party didn't condemn riots by their left wing Brown Shirts for two years? Which party worked to get their criminals released on bail; and get charges dropped? Which party coin the term, "Mostly peaceful protests"?
The author is a flaming moron. Democrats want to attack Republicans over Jan 6th? They will get it back 100 fold for the BLM/Antifa riots. We have the Democrats own words to use against them endlessly over it.