McConnell squares off with conservatives for downplaying 'violent insurrection'
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Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell made clear this week that the deadly events on January 6, 2021, were a "violent insurrection" meant to stop the peaceful transfer of power -- a comment prompting backlash from a number of House and Senate Republicans.
"It was mostly a peaceful protest," Rep. Michael Cloud, a Texas Republican, said Wednesday in response to McConnell.
"The word 'insurrection' is politically charged propaganda," said Sen. Ted Cruz, a Texas Republican.
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