The measure was adopted Friday by voice vote at the RNC’s annual meeting in Salt Lake City, which brought together the party’s 168 members for their general session.
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- It was combined with a handful of other resolutions, such as one condemning the Chinese government, and passed overwhelmingly. Only a small handful of objections were voiced. There was no debate on any of the measures.
- An RNC panel had advanced the measure on Thursday, which said that the committee will “immediately cease any and all support of them as members of the Republican Party for their behavior, which has been destructive to the institution of the U.S. House of Representatives, the Republican Party and our republic, and is inconsistent with the position of the conference.”
- It continued by ripping the two members of Congress for their criticism of former President Donald Trump.
- “The Conference must not be sabotaged by Representatives Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger, who have demonstrated, with actions and words, that they support Democrat efforts to destroy President Trump more than they support winning back a Republican majority in 2022,” the resolution said.
- The measure described the two members as “participating in a Democrat-led persecution of ordinary citizens engaged in legitimate political discourse” in their roles on the House committee investigating Jan. 6.
- Members who spoke with NBC News expressed frustration over the committee’s recent subpoenas of “alternate electors,” saying they felt such probing went far beyond the attack on the Capitol. (Arizona GOP chairwoman Kelli Ward, one of the electors subpoenaed, recently sued the committee to block its efforts.)
“They chose to join Nancy Pelosi in a Democrat-led persecution of ordinary citizens who engaged in legitimate political discourse that had nothing to do with violence at the Capitol,” she said.
- In a statement, RNC chairwoman Ronna McDaniel said Cheney and Kinzinger “crossed a line.”
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