The Republican Party believes that violence is "legitimate political discourse'...if they like it. Peaceful protest that they don't like? Not so much.

They're quick to praise violence that they like, but they criticize, as violent, that which they don't like.

First, the stuff that they like.  

From CNN -

In censure of Cheney and Kinzinger, RNC calls events of January 6 'legitimate political discourse'

In a resolution formally censuring GOP Reps. Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger, the Republican National Committee on Friday described the events surrounding the January 6, 2021 insurrection -- which have been at the center of a House probe -- as "legitimate political discourse."

A copy of the resolution obtained by CNN claimed that the two lawmakers were "participating in a Democrat-led persecution of ordinary citizens engaged in legitimate political discourse" from their perches on the House select committee, which has conducted interviews with close to 400 individuals -- from members of former President Donald Trump's inner circle to organizers who helped plan the "Stop the Steal" rally on the morning of January 6.

They REALLY should tell themselves that.

From the GOP itself (snippy taken in case they alter this) -

And the stuff they don't like?  (Brennan is a journalist for CBS, McDaniel is the chair of the national GOP.)

From Politico -

Facing bleak November, Republicans look to stoke BLM backlash

For a brief moment after George Floyd was killed by a Minneapolis policeman in late May, some members of the GOP joined calls for change as protests exploded onto streets across the country. That moment is over.

Facing possible electoral calamity, Republicans are now turning to a familiar playbook: stoking fear by trying to redefine the Black Lives Matter movement as a radical leftist mob looking to sabotage the white, suburban lifestyle.

From CBS News -

Transcript: RNC Chair Ronna McDaniel on "Face the Nation," August 23, 2020

[snip]

MARGARET BRENNAN: One area where Republicans also differ from voters overall is on the Black Lives Matter movement. Most voters nationwide agree with the ideas of it, while most Republicans, two-thirds of them, strongly disagree. Eight in 10 Republicans think there has been too much attention on the issue of discrimination. Doesn't this type of thinking hurt Republicans' chances of making gains with Black voters?

MCDANIEL: Well, I think that there's a big distinction between the words "Black lives matter" and the movement, which has been led by people who embrace Marxism, who have said on networks, we want to burn this country down. And I think you have to separate that, because as we are seeing in the name of Black Lives Matter, these riots and these looters who really aren't affiliated with any type of peaceful protest, we all condemn what happened to George Floyd. Republicans and Democrats alike recognize that.

Gotta love the hypocrisy.  Of course, they might consider this political two-step a dance.

Of course2, if it is one, it's a hypocritical one.