Tag Archives: Liz Cheney

Cultists Form PAC To Unseat House GOP “Pretenders”

Axios reports: A handful of Donald Trump campaign alumni have formed a new group to try to unseat the 10 Republican House members who crossed party lines to vote to impeach the former president earlier this year, Axios has learned. Trump’s faithful are starting to build the infrastructure to keep the GOP in thrall to the 45th president. What’s new: …

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Cheney Defends GOP Voter Suppression Bills [VIDEO]

Axios reports: Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) told “Axios on HBO” that she won’t support Democrats in their fight against the GOP’s push for more restrictive voting laws — a sign that she’ll be no hero to the resistance. Ten days after losing her House Republican post, Cheney is trying to put former President Trump’s Big Lie about the election in …

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Former GOP Rep. Justin Amash: Liz Cheney Is No Hero

The Hill reports: Rep. Justin Amash (L-Mich.) said that people should avoid labeling Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) as “some sort of hero,” for her criticism of former President Trump, arguing that the congresswoman could have spoken out earlier. Amash said that Cheney could have joined him when he warned “the president’s approach could lead to things like violence, could lead …

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Rep. Elise Stefanik: Liz Cheney Is Looking Backwards, Republicans Are Looking Forward With Trump [VIDEO]

“She is looking backwards. Republicans are looking forward. We are unified. And we are talking about conservative principles. President Trump is an important voice in the Republican Party. We are working as one team. Voters believed in President Trump’s results. “Whether it was the economic growth, whether it was the historic accords in the Middle East, whether it was being …

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Cheney: Trump’s Lies Could Bring Another Insurrection

The Hill reports: Cheney said on ABC’s “This Week” that the House Republicans’ decision to replace her in leadership with someone who supports the false claims is “dangerous.” “We have to recognize how quickly things can unravel. We have to recognize what it means for the nation to have a former president who has not conceded and who continues to …

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SNL Takes On Mask Rule Changes And Cheney [VIDEO]

The Washington Post reports: Kate McKinnon spoofed the week in American news on “Saturday Night Live,” kicking the show off by playing Anthony S. Fauci explaining the CDCs new mask guidelines. She returned as Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) during the “Weekend Update” segment.  “We got some very good news this week,” McKinnon-as-Fauci stated, “and I’m not just talking about J-Lo …

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Cheney Battles Fox Host Over Network’s Election Lies

Mediaite reports: Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) confronted Fox News anchor Bret Baier on his network’s responsibility to tell its viewers that the 2020 election was legitimate. “We all have an obligation and I would say Fox News — especially, especially Fox News — has a particular obligation to make sure people know the election wasn’t stolen,” Cheney told Baier in …

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Liz Cheney: Trump Will “Unravel Democracy” To Regain Power, It’s An Ongoing Threat, Silence Isn’t An Option

“For reasons that I don’t understand, leaders in my party have decided to embrace the former President who launched that attack. “And I think you’ve watched over the course of the last several months, the former President get more aggressive, more vocal, pushing the lie, and I think that’s a really important thing for people to understand. “This isn’t about …

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Rep. Liz Cheney To Launch Tour Against Trumpism

Axios reports: Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) plans to make her purge the beginning of a new movement, with campaign travel, fundraising and speeches to challenge Donald Trump for ideological dominance of the GOP. Driving the news: Sources in Cheney’s camp tell me her message will be the importance of the truth, the need to move past Trump, and a push …

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McCarthy Blocked Recorded Vote To Oust Liz Cheney

CNN reports: Rep. Virginia Foxx of North Carolina made the motion to recall Cheney, thus formally beginning the process of removing her as conference chair. House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy spoke briefly and a voice vote was called. Because it was a voice vote, there is no tally of those who supported or opposed Cheney. Another source told CNN that …

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Freedom Caucus GOP Rep. Ken Buck: Cheney Was “Canceled For Speaking Her Mind And Disagreeing”

Mediaite reports: Rep. Ken Buck (R-CO) said Wednesday he believed Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) had been “cancelled” for expressing her opinions of former President Donald Trump. “Liz Cheney was cancelled today for speaking her mind and disagreeing with the narrative that President Trump was putting forward,” Buck told reporters on Wednesday morning, following Cheney’s ouster. Cheney’s support from Buck, a …

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Cheney: I’ll Do Everything I Can To Ensure The Former President Never Gets Anywhere Near The Oval Office

NPR reports: “I will do everything I can to ensure that the former president never again gets anywhere near the Oval Office,” Cheney told reporters after her ouster, which was done by a voice vote. “The nation needs a party that is based upon fundamental principles of conservatism, and I am committed and dedicated to ensuring that that’s how this …

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Republican Reps Boo Cheney Then Vote To Oust Her

The New York Times reports: House Republicans purged Representative Liz Cheney of Wyoming from their leadership ranks on Wednesday, voting to oust their No 3 for her refusal to stay quiet about Donald J. Trump’s election lies, in a remarkable takedown of one of their own that reflected the party’s intolerance for dissent and unswerving fealty to the former president. …

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Over 100 Republicans Threaten To Form New Party

NBC News reports: More than 100 influential Republicans plan to release a call for reforms within the GOP alongside a threat to form a new party if change isn’t forthcoming, a person familiar with the effort said. The statement, set to be released Thursday, involves a “Call for American Renewal,” a credo that declares that it is imperative to “either …

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Flake: The Greatest Offense For The GOP Is Honesty

Former Sen. Jeff Flake writes for the Washington Post: On Wednesday, Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) will most likely lose her leadership post within the House Republican Conference, not because she has been untruthful. Rather, she will lose her position because she is refusing to play her assigned role in propagating the “big lie” that the 2020 election was stolen from …

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Jordan: Liz Cheney “Recites Democrat Talking Points”

Mediaite reports: Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) attacked Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) on The Ingraham Angle, saying she was pushing “Democrat talking points.” Cheney gave a speech on the House floor on rejecting the big lie and election fraud conspiracy theories on the eve of the vote to oust her as the GOP conference chair. “You can’t have the Republican conference …

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Liz Cheney Roasts Trump’s Lies In Fiery Floor Speech

The New York Times reports: Delivering the broadside from the House floor on Tuesday night, Ms. Cheney took a fiery last stand, warning that former President Donald J. Trump had created a threat that the nation had never seen before: a president who had “provoked a violent attack” on his own Capitol “in an effort to steal the election,” and …

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GOP Rep Opposes Stefanik: Not Conservative Enough

The Hill reports: Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas) on Tuesday argued that Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) is the wrong choice to fill Rep. Liz Cheney’s (R-Wyo.) leadership position and lacks a conservative enough voting record to represent the House Republican Conference. “We must avoid putting in charge Republicans who campaign as Republicans but then vote for and advance the Democrats’ agenda …

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GOP Arkansas Governor: Trump Is “Dividing Our Party”

“Whenever we do not have the president in power from our party, you have divided leadership — you have many different voices. And former President Trump is dividing our party, and so it’s important that we not unite with someone who is dividing our party. “I believe that we need to concentrate on more things that bring us together than …

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Sen. Joni Ernst: Ousting Of Cheney Is “Cancel Culture”

The Hill reports: Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), the only woman in Senate Republicans’ elected leadership team, compared efforts to oust Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) from leadership to “cancel culture,” and argued that the party should be focused on unifying heading into 2022. “I feel it’s OK to go ahead and express what you feel is right to express and, you …

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