
McConnell squares off with conservatives for downplaying 'violent insurrection'
CNN
Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell made clear this week that the deadly events on January 6, 2021, were a "violent insurrection" meant to stop the peaceful transfer of power -- a comment prompting backlash from a number of House and Senate Republicans.
"It was mostly a peaceful protest," Rep. Michael Cloud, a Texas Republican, said Wednesday in response to McConnell.
"The word 'insurrection' is politically charged propaganda," said Sen. Ted Cruz, a Texas Republican.

Websites for Harvard College centers serving minority students, LGBTQ students and women vanished on Wednesday, according to reporting by The Harvard Crimson, marking the continued unraveling of diversity initiatives at the nation’s most prestigious university as it faces continued pressure from the Trump administration.