Now-former House Republican Conference Chairwoman Liz Cheney of Wyoming blasted donald-trump” target=”_blank”>President Trump< in a wide-ranging interview, that the former commander-in-chief is acting in a “dangerous” manner by “perpetuating lies” about the 2020 election being stolen from him.
She also responded to criticisms from Republicans like Texas State Land Commissioner George P. Bush – the nephew of the namesake former president and son of former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush – who criticized her ahead of the vote.
Cheney was stripped of her 3rd-ranking House GOP leadership position in an unrecorded voice vote Wednesday. Reps. Elise Stefanik of New York and Charles Roy of Texas are seen as top contenders in a forthcoming replacement vote.
During the interview, anchor Bret Baier asked Cheney whether she could understand why her party wanted new leadership in the HRCC position – which entails fundraising and communications strategy and leading conference meetings.
“Could have you done that job considering what you were saying and doing?” he asked, noting how her vociferous critique of Trump was being seen as divisive in a party that wants to unite against the far-left swing of the federal government under Joe Biden.
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“I think the question is what kind of a party are we going to be going forward, Bret,” she replied. “I think it’s very important for us to be a party based on truth. I think it’s important for us to understand the threat that the claims the former president is making.”
“The threat is ongoing.”
Cheney said Trump’s language has been the direct cause of violence – accusing him of fomenting the rage that was seen in rioting that erupted at the capitol-protests” target=”_blank”>U.S. Capitol on January 6.<
Cheney told Baier she did not vote for Biden, and that she has nor ever will vote for a Democrat officeholder.
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During the interview, Cheney also denied that she is running for president in 2024.
However, in the wake of Cheney’s ouster, 100 Republicans, including former Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Ridge, former Rep. Charlie Dent, R-Pa., former New Jersey Gov. Christie Todd Whitman, and former Maryland Lt. Gov. Michael Steele, have threatened to create a new Republicanesque Party that would be at odds with the Trump-influenced one as of late.
