Rep. Republican Conference Speaker Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., Said she would remain in office and remain in her position as one of the top Republicans in Congress. despite opposition following her vote to accuse former President Donald Trump.
After House Republicans voted not to remove Cheney from her leadership position, the Wyoming Republican Party called her out Saturday and asked her to resign. On Sunday, Cheney made it clear that she did not intend to do so.
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“I’m not,” Fox News Sunday host Chris Wallace told Cheney. ‘Look, I think people across Wyoming understand and acknowledge that we have the most important duty to uphold the Constitution. And as I have explained and will explain to supporters across the state, voters across the state, the oath I took. to the Constitution forced me to vote for accusation, and it does not bow to bias, it does not bow to political pressure, it is the most important oath we take. ‘
Cheney continues to criticize her state party for their censorship and accuses them of believing conspiracy theories about the election and the January 6 riot at the Capitol which she says is simply not true.
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“Well, I think you should read the language of censorship,” Cheney said. ‘People in the party are mistaken, they believe that BLM and Antifa were behind the case that happened here at the Capitol. This is simply not the case, it is not true. And we’re going to have a lot of work to do. There was lying with people. The extent to which President Trump has been spreading the idea for months until January 6 that the election has been stolen or that the election has been hampered is a lie. And people need to understand that. “
Cheney has called on the IDP to be honest about the election so that they can regain power in next year’s midterm elections and the 2024 presidential race.
“We need to make sure that we as Republicans are the party of truth and that we are honest about what really happened in 2020 so that we actually have a chance to win in 2022 and win back the White House in 2024,” he said. she said. said.
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Asked if she would vote to condemn Trump if she were in the Senate, Cheney said she would listen to the testimony and testimony. Still, she had strong words for Trump, accusing him of putting himself in front of his country.
“The biggest threat to our republic is a president who would put his own interests above the Constitution, above the national interest. And we had a situation where President Trump claimed for months that the election was stolen and that it was apparently instituted. is on the verge of doing everything he could to steal it himself.