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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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Mar 27, 2022

If President Trump`s plan had worked, it would have permanently ended the peaceful transition of power, undermining American democracy and the Constitution.

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Mar 27, 2022

Based on the evidence, the court finds it more likely than not that President Trump corruptly attempted to obstruct the joint session of Congress on January 6, 2021.

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Mar 27, 2022

If we don`t stand for our freedom and our republic, we will lose them.

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Mar 27, 2022

Mr. Chairman, pursuant to clause 2(l) of rule XI, I request that Members have 2 calendar days in which to file with the clerk of the Committee supplemental or additional views on the measure ordered reported by the Committee tonight.

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Mar 27, 2022

Mr. Chairman, I request a recorded vote.

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Feb 16, 2022

Too many in my own party are embracing that former president, are looking the other way, are minimizing the danger. That’s how democracies die. We simply cannot let that happen.

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Feb 4, 2022

I will never stop fighting for our Constitutional Republic. No matter what.

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Feb 4, 2022

The leaders of the Republican Party have made themselves willing hostages to a man who admits he tried to overturn a presidential election and suggest he would pardon January 6th defendants. I cannot recognize those in party -- I do not…

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Feb 4, 2022

I cannot recognize those in my party who have abandoned the constitution to embrace Donald Trump. History will be their judge.

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Feb 4, 2022

this was January 6th. This is not legitimate political discourse.

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Feb 3, 2022

I`m a constitutional conservative and I do not recognize those in my party who have abandoned the constitution to embrace Donald Trump. History will be their judge. I will never stop fighting for our constitutional republic, no matter what.

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Feb 2, 2022

We cannot be dragged backward by the very dangerous lies of a former president.

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Feb 2, 2022

We cannot both embrace the big lie and embrace the Constitution.

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Feb 2, 2022

I will do everything I can to ensure that the former president never again gets anywhere near the Oval Office.

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Jan 31, 2022

He acknowledges that he was attempting to -- quote -- "overturn the election." He threatens prosecutors. He uses the same language that he knows caused the January 6 violence. And I think that it tells us that he clearly would do this all…

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Jan 31, 2022

Well, I think, certainly, the two things, the suggesting that he would provide pardons for the January 6th defendants and, again, we know that the number of those people have been charged with seditious conspiracy. And also the…

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Jan 31, 2022

Well, look, you know, some of those people have been charged with things like seditious conspiracy.

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Jan 31, 2022

He acknowledges that he was attempting to 'overturn the election.' He threatens prosecutors. He uses the same language that he knows caused the January 6 violence.

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Jan 31, 2022

Well, I think certainly the two things the suggesting that he would provide pardons for the January 6 defendants. And again, we know that the number of those people have been charged with seditious conspiracy, and also the acknowledgement…

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Jan 25, 2022

a former speaker of the House is threatening jail time for members of Congress who are investigating the violent January 6th attack on our Capitol and our Constitution. This is what it looks like when the rule of law unravels.

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Jan 24, 2022

a former Speaker of the House is threatening jail time for members of Congress who are investigating the violent January 6 attack on our Capitol and our Constitution. This is what it looks like when the rule of law unravels.

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Jan 24, 2022

A former speaker of the House threatening jail time for members of Congress who are investigating the violent January 6 attack on our Capitol and our Constitution, this is what it looks like when the rule of law unravels.

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Jan 20, 2022

We know as he was sitting there in the dining room next to the 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 first-hand…

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Jan 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…

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Jan 13, 2022

I wish that he were a brave and honorable man. He`s clearly trying to cover up what happened.

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