Republican National Committee censures Liz Cheney and Kinzinger

The Republican National Committee issued a rebuke of Reps. Liz Cheney of Wyoming and Adam Kinzinger of Illinois, taking the remarkable step in part because of their participation in the House select committee formed to investigate the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.

The censure resolution was adopted by an overwhelming voice vote, along with four other resolutions in the Friday general session of the RNC’s Winter Meeting in Utah, where the committee's 168 members gathered. There was no debate on the resolution ahead of adoption, and there were only a handful of “no” votes. It marks the first instance in Republican officials' memory of the party working against an incumbent Republican.