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Liz Cheney: “I have been very public that that commission needs to be bipartisan. It needs to look only at January 6th and the events…”

On the recordMay 12, 2021
I have been very public that that commission needs to be bipartisan. It needs to look only at January 6th and the events leading up to it, not at the BLM and Antifa riots last summer. And I think that that kind of intense, narrow focus threatens people in my party who may have been playing a role they should not have been playing.
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Liz Cheney
Republican · Wyoming
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msnbc.com

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Liz Cheney emphasizes the need for a bipartisan commission to investigate the January 6th events, distinguishing it from other protests.

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