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Political reporter @NBCNews. Ex-@businessinsider. email: Allan.Smith@nbcuni.com | smithaka2@protonmail.com

Feb 4, 2022, 6 tweets

JUST IN: RNC passes resolution censuring Cheney and Kinzinger in a voice vote. They were combined with other resolutions RNC proposed. Overwhelming yes vote. Only a small handful of nos.

VIDEO here >>>

Here's how that full resolution reads.

One key line: "Cheney and Kinzinger are participating in a Democrat-led persecution of ordinary citizens engaged in legitimate political discourse" in their roles on the House committee investigating Jan. 6

Paul Farrow, Wisconsin GOP chair, told NBC News RNC members' frustration with Cheney and Kinzinger is over the Jan. 6 investigation "starting to broaden their scope"

"It almost seems like a fishing expedition where people are just trying to find something to hang on someone."

Ben Proto, Connecticut GOP chair, was one of a handful of members to object to the resolution. Here's what he had to say >>>

nbcnews.com/politics/rnc-v…

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