“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.

McConnell isn’t moved.

“This is pretty simple,” McConnell told CNN on Wednesday. “We are in the middle of a national crime wave. The Republican Party is a pro-police, tough-on-crime party. And I am a pro-police, tough-on-crime Republican across the board.”…

Asked if he agrees with McConnell that January 6 was a violent insurrection, McCarthy told CNN: “Yeah. I agree. Anyone who broke into this building, I mean, no one would disagree with that.”