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Liz Cheney: “The President of the United States summoned this mob, assembled the mob, and lit the flame of this attack. Everything…”

On the recordJanuary 13, 2022
The President of the United States summoned this mob, assembled the mob, and lit the flame of this attack. Everything that followed was is doing. None of this would have happened without the President. The president could have immediately and forcefully intervened to stop the violence. He did not. There has never been a greater betrayal by a President of the United States of his office and his oath to the Constitution.
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Liz Cheney
Republican · Wyoming
Source
msnbc.com

Editor's note · Context

Liz Cheney criticized Donald Trump's actions leading up to and during the January 6th insurrection, stating he instigated the violence and failed to intervene.

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