Republican party calls January 6 attack ‘legitimate political discourse’
by Martin Pengelly in New York from US news | The Guardian on (#5VT2W)
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In an extraordinary move, the Republican party officially said Donald Trump's attempt to overturn his 2020 election defeat and the deadly attack on the US Capitol were legitimate political discourse".
A leading Democrat on the House committee investigating the January 6 insurrection said historians would be aghast".
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