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Liz Cheney calls out Donald Trump, Republicans over Jan. 6 in speech

  

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Via:  jbb  •  2 years ago  •  56 comments

By:   USA TODAY

Liz Cheney calls out Donald Trump, Republicans over Jan. 6 in speech
Former Rep. Liz Cheney slammed former President Donald Trump and her Republican colleagues in a commencement speech in Colorado.

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Former congresswoman Liz Cheney called out her Republican colleagues in a commencement speech on Sunday, accusing them of urging her to tell lies following the Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021.

Cheney, addressing graduates of Colorado College, said: "After the 2020 election and the attack of January 6th, my fellow Republicans wanted me to lie. They wanted me to say that the 2020 election was stolen, that the attack of January 6th wasn't a big deal, and that Donald Trump wasn't dangerous."

"I had to choose between lying and losing my position in House leadership," the former Republican lawmaker, who graduated from Colorado College in 1988, said.

'A love and reverence for freedom'


Cheney reflected on leading a prayer among her colleagues at the end of her role as chair of the House Republican Conference.

"As the House Republicans bowed our heads in the auditorium beneath the Capitol, I prayed that we would know a love and a reverence for freedom. I prayed that we would remember that democratic systems could fray and suddenly unravel and that when they do, they are gone forever," she said.

Cheney served three terms in the U.S. House of Representatives, rising to the No. 3 GOP leadership position in the lower chamber on Congress. She voted to impeach former President Donald Trump following the Capitol riot and has been a vocal president of the former leader.

Cheers could be heard from the crowd during Cheney's remarks, along with some boos.

Cheney was also the vice chair of the now-dissolved House select committee investigating the Capitol attack. The committee in its final report claimed that Trump was the "central cause" behind the riot that sought to interrupt Congress' certification of the 2020 presidential election.

In 2022, Cheney lost a primary election to Trump-backed Harriet Hageman, who now represents Wyoming's single House district.

Before Trump's first town hall with CNN earlier this month, Cheney aired an attack ad against the former president targeting his efforts to overturn the 2020 election.

Contributing: Ken Tran, USA TODAY; Associated Press


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JBB
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1  seeder  JBB    2 years ago

LIZ Cheney told the truth about Trump, "OH MY!"

 
 
 
devangelical
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1.1  devangelical  replied to  JBB @1    2 years ago

I was never much of a fan, but I respect her for putting country over party when she knew the probable outcome.

 
 
 
JBB
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1.1.1  seeder  JBB  replied to  devangelical @1.1    2 years ago

Liz makes the MAGA cry and cry and cry...

original

 
 
 
Greg Jones
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1.2  Greg Jones  replied to  JBB @1    2 years ago

"and has been a vocal president of the former leader."

Say what?

 
 
 
JBB
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1.2.2  seeder  JBB  replied to  Greg Jones @1.2    2 years ago

I never wrote that? Where did it come from?

 
 
 
1stwarrior
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1.2.4  1stwarrior  replied to  Texan1211 @1.2.3    2 years ago

Nah - not enough memes.

 
 
 
Buzz of the Orient
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1.2.5  Buzz of the Orient  replied to  Texan1211 @1.2.3    2 years ago
Where did it come from?

Your seeded article.

Didn't you read it?

Got to thank you for my first laugh out loud of the morning. 

 
 
 
Sparty On
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2  Sparty On    2 years ago

Lizzie Cheney took an axe

and gave her future 40 whacks.

No more daddy to pave the way for you anymore Lizzie .......

 
 
 
JBB
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2.1  seeder  JBB  replied to  Sparty On @2    2 years ago

In other word, Cheney told the truth on Trump and it drives the MAGA to hysteric distraction! 

original

 
 
 
1stwarrior
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2.1.1  1stwarrior  replied to  JBB @2.1    2 years ago

Oh goody - another meme with nothing to say.

Why are you opposed to Making America Great Again?  Are you from Helsinki?  Were you next to Putin at the podium?  Did you sign off on the condo prints?  You don't like America?

Curious minds would like to know.

 
 
 
Sparty On
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2.1.2  Sparty On  replied to  1stwarrior @2.1.1    2 years ago

The ironic thing is that liking Cheney just highlights liberals with TDS.    She had one of the most conservative voting records in the House but she had one thing and only one thing in common with loons on the far left.    

She is TDS ridden as well.

LTDS actually ...

 
 
 
Right Down the Center
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3  Right Down the Center    2 years ago

Liz who?

 
 
 
JBB
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4  seeder  JBB    2 years ago

 Cheney might beat Biden. Trump never could...

 
 
 
Jack_TX
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4.2  Jack_TX  replied to  JBB @4    2 years ago
Cheney might beat Biden.

She should give it a go.  The Dems are surely looking for a better nominee than Joe.

 
 
 
Ronin2
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4.2.1  Ronin2  replied to  Jack_TX @4.2    2 years ago

Liz running as a Dem?

Sure, why not? Donnie ran and won as a Republican so it is only fair.

Liz might be the first president to ever get impeached by her own party then. Dems would never tolerate her as PotUS; even if it was under their banner.

 
 
 
JBB
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4.2.2  seeder  JBB  replied to  Jack_TX @4.2    2 years ago

Joe will beat Trump by 10,000,000 votes...

Why can't the gop get a better candidate?

 
 
 
Jeremy Retired in NC
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4.2.3  Jeremy Retired in NC  replied to  Ronin2 @4.2.1    2 years ago
Liz running as a Dem?

Dem or Independent.  Remember she was kicked out of the Republican party back in 2021.

 
 
 
Ronin2
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4.2.4  Ronin2  replied to  Jeremy Retired in NC @4.2.3    2 years ago

I remember.

She has chronic TDS and believes she is the head of the Republican party. 

She and her father still believe the Republican Party marches to the beat of the Cheney war drum.

So much so they are willing to see Democrats in power when Republicans defy their will.

 
 
 
Sparty On
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4.2.5  Sparty On  replied to  Ronin2 @4.2.4    2 years ago
She and her father still believe the Republican Party marches to the beat of the Cheney war drum.

Both Chicken Hawks from way back.

 
 
 
Right Down the Center
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4.2.6  Right Down the Center  replied to  Ronin2 @4.2.4    2 years ago
She has chronic TDS and believes she is the head of the Republican party. 

Her whole life is now defined by her hatred for Trump.  Nothing else matters to her.  She should start the TDS party.  The donations would flock in from all those afflicted with it, ignoring all the other things they don't like about her.

 
 
 
Jeremy Retired in NC
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4.2.7  Jeremy Retired in NC  replied to  Ronin2 @4.2.4    2 years ago
She and her father still believe the Republican Party marches to the beat of the Cheney war drum.

Typical TDS mindset.  They THINK they are important, they're not, but they think they are.

 
 
 
GregTx
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5  GregTx    2 years ago

How did the ideal of making America great again become a slur?...  oh yeah

 
 
 
Right Down the Center
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5.2  Right Down the Center  replied to  GregTx @5    2 years ago

It seems the last thing the current crop of democraps want is a great America. 

 
 
 
Ender
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5.3  Ender  replied to  GregTx @5    2 years ago

How did the idea that the US had fallen from grace become a meme.

 
 
 
GregTx
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5.3.1  GregTx  replied to  Ender @5.3    2 years ago

I'm not sure what you mean.

 
 
 
Ender
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5.3.2  Ender  replied to  GregTx @5.3.1    2 years ago

If America needs to be made great again, when did it fall from this position?

 
 
 
GregTx
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5.3.3  GregTx  replied to  Ender @5.3.2    2 years ago

January 1, 1979...

 
 
 
Ender
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5.3.4  Ender  replied to  GregTx @5.3.3    2 years ago

So since then conservatives think the country is not great?

 
 
 
GregTx
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5.3.5  GregTx  replied to  Ender @5.3.4    2 years ago

I have no idea, I don't speak for anyone but myself...

 
 
 
sandy-2021492
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6  sandy-2021492    2 years ago

Slap fighting cleaned up @1.1. Play nice, please.

 
 

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