'Republicans punished their own while deeming Jan. 6 as ‘legitimate political discourse.’ Is this what the GOP has become?' asks Tribune columnist Robert Gehrke.
Republicans punished their own while deeming Jan. 6 as ‘legitimate political discourse.’ Is this what the GOP has become?| Feb. 5, 2022, 1:00 p.m.I’m writing this specifically to the roughly 856,000 registered Utah Republicans: Look at your party, look at what it has become and ask yourself some simple questions.
FILE - In this Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021 file photo, people shelter in the House gallery as rioters try to break into the House Chamber at the U.S. Capitol in Washington. The attack on the U.S. Capitol by an angry mob of President Donald Trump's supporters shocked many Americans who thought such a violent assault by their fellow countrymen wasn't possible. But Timothy McVeigh's hatred of the federal government led him to bomb the Alfred P.
This, according to the Republican Party — not the fringes, the recognized leadership of the party — is now “legitimate political discourse.” And those like Cheney and Kinzinger who think otherwise and demand answers and accountability are shunned, censured and driven out.who seek truth in the face of vitriol,” Romney said in a statement Friday.
A Hinckley Institute of Politics and Deseret News poll this week found 77% of Utah Republicans opposed the violence on Jan. 6
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