Cheney Rebukes GOP for Backing Trump’s Big Lie: “That’s How Democracies Die”

During an quality on The TODAY Show, Representative Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) stressed that “the threat” to American ideology continues 1 twelvemonth aft the onslaught connected the United States Capitol continues and rebuked members of her ain enactment for backing erstwhile President Donald Trump’s lies that the 2020 wide predetermination was stolen.

“The menace continues,” Cheney told Savannah Guthrie. “Former President Trump continues to marque the aforesaid claims that helium knows caused unit connected January 6.

“And it’s precise important, if you look astatine what’s happening contiguous successful my party, the Republican party, alternatively than cull what happened connected (January) 6, cull the lies astir the predetermination and marque wide that a president who engaged successful those activities tin ne'er beryllium president again, unluckily excessively galore successful my ain enactment are embracing that erstwhile president, are looking the different way, are minimizing the danger,” she said.

She emphasized: “That’s however democracies die, and we simply cannot fto that happen.”

Cheney besides took purpose astatine Republicans and members of the media who person tried to rewrite the communicative astir the onslaught by claiming it was simply a peaceful gathering.

“All of my colleagues, anyone who attempts to minimize what happened, anyone who denies the information of what happened, they ought to beryllium ashamed of themselves,” Cheney said. “History is watching, and past volition justice them.”

Cheney made wide that she and the different members of the House Select Committee tasked with investigating the insurrection “will not fto the erstwhile president fell down these phony claims of privilege,” referring to Trump’s claims that helium tin invoke enforcement privilege to debar complying with the committee’s subpoenas.

You tin ticker Cheney’s interrogation successful the video below.

“We each person a work to guarantee that helium cannot subvert this democracy.”

Watch @SavannahGuthrie’s afloat interrogation with @RepLizCheney connected wherever things basal with the probe into the Jan. 6 insurrection 1 twelvemonth aft the onslaught astatine the U.S. Capitol. pic.twitter.com/71eUK6WbCt

— TODAY (@TODAYshow) January 6, 2022

Cheney has paid dearly for refusing to backmost Republicans oregon enactment Trump for his actions, erstwhile referring to his lies astir the predetermination arsenic “the astir unsafe happening a president has ever done.”

Cheney was ousted from her enactment presumption successful the House aft she pushed backmost against Trump’s falsehoods erstwhile Trump issued a statement, much than 3 months aft President Joe Biden took office, calling Biden’s triumph “the large lie.”

Cheney responded shortly afterward with a connection of her ain affirming that the 2020 wide predetermination “was not stolen.”

“Anyone who claims it was is spreading THE BIG LIE, turning their backmost connected the regularisation of law, and poisoning our antiauthoritarian system,” she wrote.

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) has denied that efforts to region Cheney from her presumption arsenic the House’s third-ranking Republican are successful immoderate mode related to her ballot to impeach Trump for inciting an insurrection against Congress.