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Liz Cheney

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Liz Cheney is an American attorney and politician who served as the U.S. Representative for Wyoming's at-large congressional district from 2017 to 2023. A member of the Republican Party, she is the daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney. During her time in Congress, Cheney was known for her strong stance on national security and her opposition to former President Donald Trump, particularly following the events of January 6, 2021, which led to her being removed from her leadership position within the House Republican Conference.

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Jun 6, 2022

I think, certainly -- I mean if you look at the court filings -- I do. It is extremely broad. It’s extremely well-organized. It’s really chilling.

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Jun 6, 2022

Let me say this way, I haven’t learned anything that has made me less concerned.

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Jun 6, 2022

We`re, in fact, in a situation where he continues to use even more extreme language, frankly, than the language that caused the attack. And so people must pay attention, people must watch and they must understand how easily our democratic…

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Jun 6, 2022

The nature of the frontal assault on the most basic foundation of our democratic order.

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Jun 6, 2022

It`s an ongoing threat. You know, we are not in a situation where former President Trump has expressed any sense of remorse about what happened. We`re in fact in a situation where he continues to use even more extreme language, frankly…

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Jun 5, 2022

It`s an ongoing threat. We are not in a situation where former President Trump has expressed any sense of remorse about what happened. We`re, in fact, in a situation where he continues to use even more extreme language, frankly, than the…

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Jun 5, 2022

I do. It is extremely broad, it`s extremely well organized, it`s really chilling.

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Jun 5, 2022

Mr. Meadows` testimony will bear on another key question before this committee.

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Jun 5, 2022

We know, as he was sitting there in the dining room next to Oval Office, members of his staff were pleading with him to go on television to tell people to stop. We know members of his family. We know his daughter. We have firsthand…

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Jun 2, 2022

Mr. Navarro insists that he is above the law.

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Jun 2, 2022

I think that it is absolutely the case. It's absolutely clear that what President Trump was doing, what a number of people around him were doing, that they knew it was unlawful, they did it anyway. There's not really a dispute on the…

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May 16, 2022

Do Republicans have a problem here? Well, Kinzinger and Cheney might be right, their influence in their party has diminished.

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May 15, 2022

The House G.O.P. leadership has enabled White nationalism, White supremacy and anti-Semitism. History has taught us that what begins with words ends in far worse. G.O.P. leaders must renounce and reject these views and those who hold them.

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May 15, 2022

The House GOP leadership has enabled white nationalism, white supremacy and antisemitism. History has taught us that what begins with words ends in far worse. GOP leaders must renounce and reject these views and those who hold them.

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May 12, 2022

Congressman Jordan may well be a material witness. He is somebody who was involved in a number of meetings in the lead up to what happened on January 6, involved in planning for January 6, certainly for the objections that day as he said…

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May 12, 2022

I think that he has important information that needs to be part of any investigation.

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Apr 21, 2022

In the long history of the world, only a few generations have been granted the role of defending freedom and its hour of maximum danger. Today, we stand at another hour of maximum danger in the cause of freedom.

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Apr 21, 2022

Former President Trump continues to make the same claims that he knows caused violence on January 6, unfortunately, too many in my own party are embracing that former President or looking the other way or minimizing the danger. That`s how…

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Apr 21, 2022

The idea is that perhaps the charge here, that may ultimately arise is a conspiracy to obstruct Congress, and the work of Congress.

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Apr 21, 2022

I guess there’s a question. When we were talking about the 25th Amendment resolution --

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Apr 11, 2022

The committee does have evidence that shows Donald Trump knowingly committed a crime.

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Apr 11, 2022

I think that it is absolutely the case. It`s absolutely clear that what President Trump was doing, what a number of people around him were doing, that they knew it was unlawful, they did it anyway.

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Apr 11, 2022

It`s absolutely clear that what President Trump was doing, what a number of people around him were doing that they knew it was unlawful they did it anyway.

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Apr 11, 2022

We have not made a decision about referrals on the committee. I think that it is absolutely the case.

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Apr 10, 2022

Liz Cheney talked to Jake Tapper on 'STATE OF THE UNION' regarding former President Trump's involvement on January 6, and she called his behavior unlawful.

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