Liz Cheney said she refuses to 'whitewash' the Capitol Riot, calling Republicans who do 'disgraceful and despicable' https://www.businessinsider.com/liz-cheney-refuses-to-whitewash-the-capitol-riot-2021-5 Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney said she won't "whitewash" the events of the January 6 Capitol Riot. Cheney was ousted from her leadership position last week in the House GOP. "The notion that this was somehow a tourist event is disgraceful and despicable," she said. Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney said Sunday that she refused to be part of the "whitewashing" of the January 6 riot at the US Capitol as members of the GOP work to distance themselves from it. "It's indefensible," Cheney told ABC News' Jon Karl during an interview that aired Sunday on "This Week." "I will never forget seeing the law enforcement officers, the members of the SWAT team, the rapid response forces — seeing them in their exhaustion," she said. She continued: "They had been through hand-to-hand combat and people died. And the notion that this was somehow a tourist event is disgraceful and despicable, and I won't be part of whitewashing what happened on January 6. Nobody should be part of it and people oughta be held accountable." At a House Oversight Committee meeting on the riots last week, GOP Rep. Andrew Clyde said it was a "bald-faced lie" to call the January 6 riot an "insurrection" and compared those who participated, of whom more than 460 have been charged with crimes, to tourists. "Watching the TV footage of those who entered the Capitol and walked through Statuary Hall showed people in an orderly fashion staying between the...ropes taking videos and pictures," Clyde said, "You know, if you didn't know the TV footage was a video from January the 6th, you would actually think it was a normal tourist visit," he said. Cheney, meanwhile, has refused to acquiesce to Trump loyalists in the GOP and continues to speak out against him. She was one of the 10 Republicans who voted to impeach Trump in the House following his incitement of the insurrection. In response, her colleagues last week in a vote removed her from her position as chair of the House Republican Conference. "Remaining silent and ignoring the lie emboldens the liar," she last week. "I will not participate in that. I will not sit back and watch in silence while others lead our party down a path that abandons the rule of law and joins the former president's crusade to undermine our democracy." Michigan Rep. Fred Upton, also a Republican, made similar comments Sunday during an appearance on CNN and said he didn't know why members of his own party were trying to downplay the riot. "Bogus. It's absolutely bogus," he said. "It's absolutely bogus, you know, I was there I watched a number of the folks walk down to the White House and then back. I've got a balcony on my office. So I saw them go down. I heard the noise. The flashbangs smelled, some of the gases, it moved my way."
The raised clenched fist symbol, is that some kind of new right wing thingy salute, seen him do it frequently.
The Trumpers are gonna love this guy... A Republican opponent of Liz Cheney admits to impregnating a 14-year-old girl when he was 18 https://www.rawstory.com/republican-impregnants-14-year-old/
The GQP's attempt to purge Liz Cheney is going swimmingly, as she's already raised more money in six months than her entire 2020 re-election cycle... Cheney fundraising surge continues, as Wyoming congresswoman sets second straight record Cheney, who was ousted as House Republican Conference Chair in May, hauls in nearly $1.9M in past three months https://www.foxnews.com/politics/ch...ing-congresswoman-sets-second-straight-record
Trump can't find anyone to take on Liz Cheney... "If they think that they are going to come into Wyoming and make the argument that the people of Wyoming should vote for someone who is loyal to Donald Trump over somebody who is loyal to the Constitution, I welcome that debate," Cheney said in May. Trump wants to punish GOP critic -- but he's having trouble finding someone who can actually do it https://www.rawstory.com/donald-trump-liz-cheney/ Donald Trump is laser focused on punishing Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) in a Republican primary race. The ex-president's advisers have been pressing potential challengers on their ability to raise money and the strength of their campaign organizations, hoping to find a single candidate to take down Cheney, reported Politico. "Trump's analysis is correct that we need to get it down to a two-person race, and at that point, the challenger is likely to win, based on the polling we've done," said David McIntosh, president of the conservative Club for Growth. The club is expected to spend millions of dollars once a single candidate emerges, and Trump is hosting two challengers -- state Rep. Chuck Gray and attorney Darin Smith -- at his Bedminster, N.J, golf club, and his son Donald Trump Jr., who's spent a lot of time hunting in Wyoming, will take part in the discussions. "The Wyoming race is the highest priority of the cycle. It's a must-win for President Trump," said GOP donor Christopher Ekstrom. "I hope he fully understands that because it's an undeniable fact." Trump supporters are confident that Cheney, who voted to impeach and has been outspoken in her criticism of the former president, can be taken down, but the GOP congresswoman has $2.8 million in her war chest, more than eight times as much as Gray, the challenger with the most cash. "If they think that they are going to come into Wyoming and make the argument that the people of Wyoming should vote for someone who is loyal to Donald Trump over somebody who is loyal to the Constitution, I welcome that debate," Cheney said in May. Trump Jr. backed an ultimately unsuccessful bill that would have implemented a runoff if no primary candidate received a majority of support, and some state lawmakers are still trying to hobble Cheney's chances, but Trump allies are hoping that a single challenger will emerge. "The key will be for the America First constituency to galvanize behind one candidate," said pardoned Trump ally Roger Stone. "If she is opposed by multiple Trump candidates they will simply divide the vote." The problem is, none of the challengers has generated much excitement. State Sen. Anthony Bouchard isn't among the candidate who will meet with Trump at Bedminster after admitting to getting a 14-year-old girl pregnant when he was 18, and Smith and Gray are in a competition to prove their devotion to the twice-impeached one-term president, with Smith boasting that he attended the Jan. 6 "Stop the Steal" rally and Gray touting his recent trip to see the Arizona election "audit." Ultimately, both candidates understand that Trump himself will probably decide who challenges Cheney. "We've got to be willing to put the country over ourselves," Smith said. "There's no way ever that I'll be the reason that Cheney goes back to Congress."