The Republican party has been wracked by new internal tensions after it officially defended the January 6 rioters that assaulted Congress as proponents of “legitimate political discourse” who were being unfairly targeted.
The statement by the Republican National Committee — the party’s leadership body — triggered a sharp backlash from some party lawmakers and top former officials, highlighting the rift that still exists over Donald Trump’s role as the GOP tries to regain control of Congress in the November midterm elections.
HR McMaster, a White House national security adviser under Trump, told CBS on Sunday that the attack was “illegitimate political discourse because it was an assault on the first branch of government”.
您已閱讀14%（732字），剩余86%（4492字）包含更多重要信息，訂閱以繼續探索完整內容，并享受更多專屬服務。