The North Carolina GOP rebuked its senator who voted to convict Trump, the latest in a backlash from the MAGA-loving grassroots

• North Carolina's GOP censured Sen. Richard Burr over his vote to convict Trump.
• Burr was one of seven GOP senators to vote alongside Democrats in the impeachment trial.
• Burr's censure is part of a growing backlash at the local level against those who opposed Trump.

The central committee of the North Carolina Republican Party $4 for his vote to convict former President Donald Trump in his second impeachment trial.

Burr is the latest of the seven Republican senators who voted to convict Trump to face a growing backlash from local-level Republican officials after opposing Trump.

$4 over his conviction vote Sunday.

In Utah, a petition branding Sen. Mitt Romney a "deep state agent" and calling for him to be censured for his conviction vote is circulating among members of the state GOP, $4.

There are also calls in the $4.

A censure does not lead to any formal penalty, but is a stark signal of disapproval from the party on whom members depend, especially when elections loom.

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Burr's conviction vote came as a surprise. Before the trial, $4 to rule Trump's second impeachment unconstitutional given that he was no longer in power.

$4 in response to the censure Monday, Burr said his state GOP was abandoning its loyalty to core conservative principles.

"It is truly a sad day for North Carolina Republicans," Burr said. "My party's leadership has chosen loyalty to one man over the core principles of the Republican Party and the founders of our great nation."

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The moves illustrate the rift that has opened in the Republican Party between lawmakers who have sought to hold Trump accountable for the deadly January 6 riot, and the millions of grassroots party members who stand by him.

A $4 released Monday found that 75% of Republican respondents want Trump to continue playing an important role in the party.

Some top-level Republicans, including Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, $4 become toxic to the moderate Republican voters whose support they need to win back to regain control of Congress and the White House.

McConnell is undertaking a delicate balancing acting in trying to distance the party from Trump while also harnessing the energy of the millions of Republicans who remain loyal to him.