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RNC Censures Cheney and Kinzinger Over Jan. 6 Work

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Cheney represents the old GOP, which was more in tune with Wall Street than middle America. This is the eleventh-hour of a dying ancient regime that's trying to stand in the way of Trump's GOP and its populist defense of working-class Americans.

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The GOP is now a willing hostage of the disgraced former president. The party will no longer tolerate the presence of conscientious conservatives who stand for truth and the rule of law.

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The GOP’s rationale for condemning Cheney and Kinzinger is predictably Trumpian

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