Representative Liz Cheney, in an interview with “60 Minutes,” claims she has Republican lawmakers secretly cheering on her efforts to attack former President Donald Trump.
“Have members of Congress, Republicans, come up to you privately and whispered in your ear, ‘Way to go, Liz’ and encouraged you but won’t come forward and say that publicly?” interviewer Leslie Stahl asked the congresswoman.
“Yes,” Cheney replied.
She went on to claim “a lot” of GOP lawmakers were cheering her on “both in the House and the Senate.”
The Wyoming Republican, currently serving on the Democrat-led select committee investigating the Capitol riot, suggested the Republicans supporting her privately are not coming forward due to political reasons.
“The line that can’t be crossed is what happened after the [2020] election,” says Congresswoman Liz Cheney about her decision to speak openly against Donald Trump, whom she had supported during his 2016 campaign and throughout almost all of his presidency. https://t.co/UXqR98Fcc3 pic.twitter.com/2ao3QlhyxJ
— 60 Minutes (@60Minutes) September 26, 2021
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Liz Cheney: Republicans Privately Support My Trump Attacks
Representative Liz Cheney said the Republicans who are refusing to publicly support her efforts in attacking Trump are concerned about being put in “political peril.”
That should be music to Trump’s ears.
“The argument that you often hear is that if you do something that is perceived as against Trump that, you know, you’ll put yourself in political peril,” Cheney said.
“And that’s a self-fulfilling prophecy,” she added, “because if Republican leaders don’t stand up and condemn what happened then, the voices in the party that are so dangerous will only get louder and stronger.”
Cheney has been gung-ho about her role on the January 6 select committee, despite a report in August by Reuters indicating the FBI found little evidence to suggest that the Capitol riot was a coordinated attack by the pro-Trump crowd.
“The FBI has found scant evidence that the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol was the result of an organized plot to overturn the presidential election result, according to four current and former law enforcement officials,” Reuters wrote.
Congresswoman Liz Cheney has denounced Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy for embracing Donald Trump after the January 6 attack on the Capitol. “If I were doing what he’s doing, I would be deeply ashamed of myself,” says Cheney. https://t.co/yQAVpxIJd0 pic.twitter.com/sY1iJXW4Vu
— 60 Minutes (@60Minutes) September 26, 2021
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Supports Same-Sex Marriage
Also making headlines from her “60 Minutes” interview, Liz Cheney said she was wrong to have ever opposed same-sex marriage, citing her sister, Mary.
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“I was wrong. I was wrong. I love my sister very much. I love her family very much,” she said. “It’s a very personal issue, and very personal for my family. I believe that my dad was right. And my sister and I have had that conversation.”
“A vote against me in this race, a vote for whomever Donald Trump has endorsed, is a vote for… somebody who’s willing to put allegiance to Trump above allegiance to the Constitution,” says Congresswoman Liz Cheney about her 2022 House race. https://t.co/GVpHJnciKd pic.twitter.com/leBYtUG6qU
— 60 Minutes (@60Minutes) September 26, 2021
News surfaced last week that George Bush and Karl Rove would be headlining a Texas fundraiser for Representative Liz Cheney (R-WY).
Trump issued a statement indicating he wasn’t overly fond of the decision.
“RINO former President George ‘Dubya’ Bush and his flunky Karl Rove are endorsing warmongering and very low polling, Liz Cheney,” he said.
Fun factoid from the Liz Cheney 60 Minutes thing is Dick Cheney was for same sex marriage before Barack Obama or Joe Biden or Hillary Clinton. The media didn’t care. I have no problem with Liz Cheney’s stance on Trump, but she is letting those same people use her.
— Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) September 27, 2021
Earlier this month, Trump announced his official endorsement of Wyoming attorney Harriet Hageman in her primary bid against Cheney.
Trump said Hageman “is strong on crime and borders, powerfully supports the Second Amendment, loves our military and our vets, and will fight for election integrity.”
In response to the endorsement, Cheney tweeted, “Bring it.”
Hageman will have significant name recognition and fundraising hurdles to overcome if she is to unseat Cheney.
Here’s a sound bite for you: Bring it. pic.twitter.com/VmET1JUs12
— Liz Cheney (@Liz_Cheney) September 9, 2021
Cheney has frequently sided with Democrats in their description of the events at the Capitol riot.
She has accused Trump voters of believing “the big lie” – an actual Democrat talking point – that the 2020 presidential election was stolen and vowed to campaign on impeaching him “every day of the week.”
In an op-ed for the Washington Post, Cheney encouraged Republicans not to embrace Trump’s “cult of personality.”
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