RNC votes to censure Cheney, Kinzinger for roles on House Jan. 6 committee

The Republican National Committee on Friday voted to censure GOP Reps. Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger for their roles on the House Jan. 6 committee.

The Republican National Committee voted Friday to censure GOP Reps. Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger, in part for their roles on the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.

"Cheney and Kinzinger have engaged in actions in their positions as members of the January 6th Select Committee not befitting Republican members of Congress," and "seem intent on advancing a political agenda to buoy the Democrat Party's bleak prospects in the upcoming midterm elections," reads the resolution passed by voice vote at the RNC's annual winter meeting in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Both Cheney and Kinzinger have been vocal in their refusal to embrace former President Donald Trump's baseless claims of election fraud, and were among the 10 Republicans who voted to impeach the former president for "incitement of an insurrection"-- to the disdain of many others in the GOP, who have since been overtly critical of the two lawmakers.

Cheney faces an arduous primary challenge to maintain her Wyoming seat, while Kinzinger will not be running for reelection in Illinois.