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Party legitimizing political violence? do you believe that? >> well, i mean we saw political violence on january 6th, seems as if some parts of it, the censure resolution is legitimizing it. if you're taking people who are insurrectionists and turning them into martyrs, that's what you're doing -- those not entire gop and fortunately the political violence is not widespread at this point, but this is very dry grass and people are using flamethrowers. membrane between peace and lawlessness is a lot thinner than people think. when you have someone with donald trump's power, it's like a cult of p...

Than 3,000 votes. and in the face of all of this, all of the investigations, all of the evidence, it seems the one thing that's got republicans at odds is the rnc's censure resolution and those three words. these three words will live in infamy. you're going to hear them a lot especially during campaign season. you know them. legitimate political discourse. mitch mcconnell just last night smacked down the rnc when he called what happened on january 6th a violent insurrection. and then there's ted cruz. ted cruz who repeatedly called what happened on january 6th a violent terrorist attack until...

Of laiz cheney and adam kinzinger. mcconnell, as a point of emphasis, using that "i" word. >> we all were here. we saw what happened. it was a violent insurrection for the purpose of trying to prevent the peaceful transfer of power after a legitimately certified election. >> mcconnell says the rnc went too far when it censured the two republican lawmakers who both serve on the january 6th select committee. it puts him at odds with the rnc, the republican national committee. but also kevin mccarthy, the house republican leader, who defended the wording of the rnc censure resolution. mccarthy to...

What happened on january 6th we know to be true. >> just to be clear. i think it is entirely possible that the republican national committee censure resolution was written, i mean, these people are not dumb. they know what they're doing. they know what they're writing. they know there is a sizable chunk of their party that the attack on the capitol, there was nothing wrong with it. that the people in jail for their crimes are political prisoners. donald trump is among them. don't we think it is more likely that they knew what they were doing with that awkward language and now they're trying to...

There were already negotiations with the committee. these two top aides to vice president mike pence were speaking quite a lot about their conversations with mike pence, what was happening in the days up to january 6th and they were advising him what was happening when he was the person getting this pressure campaign before as the vote was being certified. >> and almost serving as pence's proxy since we don't know yet whether pence will testify. they were in the room where it happened. they know quite a bit. caitlyn, thank you. later today the republican national committee will formally vote...