{"id":138124,"date":"2021-02-16T11:03:03","date_gmt":"2021-02-16T16:03:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=138124"},"modified":"2021-02-16T15:58:30","modified_gmt":"2021-02-16T20:58:30","slug":"n-c-gop-chair-denies-canceling-sen-burr-over-impeachment-vote","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/n-c-gop-chair-denies-canceling-sen-burr-over-impeachment-vote\/","title":{"rendered":"N.C. GOP chair denies canceling Sen. Burr over impeachment vote"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fn-c-gop-chair-denies-canceling-sen-burr-over-impeachment-vote%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=138124&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div id=\"attachment_2373714\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2373714\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-2373714\" src=\"https:\/\/dzm0ugdauank9.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/GettyImages-947766016-655x437.jpg\" alt=\"WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 17: Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Richard Burr (R-NC) talks with reporters before stepping into the weekly Republican policy luncheon at the U.S. Capitol April 17, 2018 in Washington, DC. Vice President Mike Pence joined the GOP senators for their meeting. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla\/Getty Images)\" width=\"655\" height=\"437\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2373714\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">WASHINGTON, DC \u2013 APRIL 17: Sen. Richard Burr (R-N.C.) talked with reporters before stepping into the weekly Republican policy luncheon at the U.S. Capitol April 17, 2018 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>UPDATED 12:45 PM PT \u2013 Tuesday, February 16, 2021<\/h5>\n<p>North Carolina Republican Chairman Michael Whatley defended a decision to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nc.gop\/central_02_15\">censure Sen. Richard Burr<\/a> (R-N.C.). Whatley sparred with a CNN anchor over the actual meaning of the censure.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The North Carolina Republican Party Central Committee released the following statement after unanimously voting to censure Senator Richard Burr for his impeachment vote. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NCGOP?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NCGOP<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KB6nMZwjz9\">https:\/\/t.co\/KB6nMZwjz9<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Michael Whatley (@WhatleyNCGOP) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WhatleyNCGOP\/status\/1361510211085811723?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 16, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The North Carolina GOP voted to formally rebuke Burr after he voted to convict Donald Trump in his latest impeachment trial. Burr was one of seven Republican senators to break with their party on the issue.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">GOP Sen. Richard Burr votes GUILTY.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Alex Salvi (@alexsalvinews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/alexsalvinews\/status\/1360690960884064256?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 13, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The CNN anchor tried to compare the censure of Burr to instances of cancel culture raised by conservatives, but was quickly shut down.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWell, I think that the cancel culture where we see the President kicked off of all, the former President kicked off of all social media, where we see people losing their jobs, where we see people who have been hit on social media or deplatformed is entirely different from us as a state party saying that we disagree with one particular vote cast by a senator,\u201d Whatley stated.<\/p>\n<p>Other state GOP parties have censured senators that voted to convict Trump, including Louisiana\u2019s Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.).<\/p>\n<h4>MORE NEWS: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/kamala-harris-claims-trump-admin-had-no-vaccine-distribution-plan\/\">Kamala Harris Claims Trump Admin. Had No Vaccine Distribution Plan<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2181192,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dzm0ugdauank9.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/GettyImages-947766016-655x437.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"N.C. GOP chair denies canceling Sen. Burr over impeachment vote","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-138124","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dzm0ugdauank9.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/GettyImages-947766016-655x437.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"N.C. 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