GOP Sen. Lisa Murkowski on House Republicans downplaying Capitol attack: 'I'm offended by that'
GOP Sen. Lisa Murkowski said Friday that she is "offended" by some House Republicans who are whitewashing the January 6 attack on the US Capitol, pushing back on the revisionism by some in the party who have tried to shield the pro-Trump mob from blame over the deadly insurrection during the certification of President Joe Biden's electoral victory.
Murkowski, the veteran Alaska Republican who faces reelection next year, made clear her distaste about recent comments from some fellow Republicans -- including by one GOP congressman who compared the tragic day's events to a "normal tourist visit."
"I'm offended by that," Murkowski told CNN. "This was not a peaceful protest. When somebody breaks and enters, and then just because you know they don't completely trash your house once you're inside does not mean that it has been peaceful. This was not a peaceful protest."
Murkowski added: "We got to get beyond that rhetoric and acknowledge that what happened were acts of aggression and destruction towards an institution, and there were some people intent on (harming) the people that were part of that institution."
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/gop-sen-lisa-murkowski-on-house-republicans-downplaying-capitol-attack-i-m-offended-by-that/ar-BB1gKkkn
And Susan Collins is concerned.
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