Republicans' conflicting message: Embracing Trump election lie is key to prominence, just stop...

[DonViejo]

Republicans’ conflicting message: Embracing Trump election lie is key to prominence, just stop asking us about it

Michael Kranish, Marianna Sotomayor, Jacqueline Alemany 1 hr ago

The Republican Party’s contorted response to Donald Trump’s false claim that the election was stolen was on stark display as House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy stood in the White House driveway.

McCarthy (R-Calif.) had helped engineer the ouster Wednesday of Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) as the No. 3 House Republican leader for saying former president Trump’s claim of a stolen election was a lie. Yet he insisted later that day, “I don’t think anybody is questioning the legitimacy of the presidential election.”

In fact, the majority of Republicans — spurred on by Trump and party leaders who for months have been spreading falsehoods and sowing doubts — say in polls that they still question the legitimacy of the election. Trump has continued to spread his lie, writing on his blog on Tuesday that he lost in “an election rigged and stolen from us.”

While many Republican members of Congress have acknowledged the reality of Joe Biden’s ascension to the White House, a number still twist themselves into political knots to avoid saying he did so fairly.

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[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

1. They have to kiss the (T)rump.