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Liz Cheney: “This insurrection caused injury, death, and destruction in the most sacred space in our republic. Much more will become…”

On the recordJanuary 12, 2021
This insurrection caused injury, death, and destruction in the most sacred space in our republic. Much more will become clear in coming days and weeks, but what we know now is enough. The president of the United States summoned this mob, assembled the mob, and lit the flame of this attack. Everything that followed was his 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. I will vote to impeach the president.
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Liz Cheney
Republican · Wyoming
Source
msnbc.com

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Liz Cheney explains her reasoning for voting to impeach President Trump, citing his role in the insurrection.

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