Republican Censures: Corruption or Correct Moral Accounting?

Is it just political expediency or do Cheney and Kinzinger truly deserve to be punished by conservative metrics?

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It’s no secret that politicians on both sides of the aisle often do things of questionable integrity in order to achieve the results that they want. Sadly, this type of rationalization almost seems to be a part of the job. However, the Republican National Committee (RNC) may be seen by some to have taken that to a whole new level when they overwhelmingly voted on February 4, 2022, to censure Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger for speaking out against the January 6th attack on the Capitol. As CNN reported:

“The move to censure Cheney, of Wyoming, and Kinzinger, of Illinois, is unprecedented, and marks the first time the national party has rebuked an incumbent congressional Republican — much less two — with a formal censure backed by its members. When the resolution was introduced Friday to all 168 RNC members, it was described as a motion “to no longer support [Cheney and Kinzinger] as members of the Republican Party.”

Although to some this looks like outrageous and even corrupt behavior, a fundamental aspect of core conservative beliefs is that when it comes to things that are “morally correct”, the end…