GOP Rep. Liz Cheney: "I will vote to impeach the President"

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Source: CNN

Wyoming's Liz Cheney, the third-ranking GOP leader in the House, announced in a statement today that she will vote to impeach President Trump, saying that he "summoned this mob, assembled the mob, and lit the flame of this attack."

"There has never been a greater betrayal by a President of the United States of his office and his oath to the Constitution," she said in the statement.

Read her full statement:

"On January 6, 2021 a violent mob attacked the United States Capitol to obstruct the process of our democracy and stop the counting of presidential electoral votes. This insurrection caused injury, death and destruction in the most sacred space in our Republic.
Much more will become clear in coming days and weeks, but what we know now is enough. The President of the United States summoned this mob, assembled the mob, and lit the flame of this attack. Everything that followed was his doing. None of this would have happened without the President. The President could have immediately and forcefully intervened to stop the violence. He did not. There has never been a greater betrayal by a President of the United States of his office and his oath to the Constitution.
I will vote to impeach the President."

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/webview/politics/live-news/trump-impeachment-news-01-12-21/h_2067c0bb604f154efbe1db20e8ae23c5

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1. Good For Liz

Glad somebody's standing up, finally.

[TomCADem]

8. House Republicans air grievances against Liz Cheney over support for Dr. Fauci over Trump

Like Mitt Romney, Liz Cheney is one of the few Republicans who actually does speak out against Trump. Also, I think she is resented for being a woman in a position of leadership. She is very conservative, but at least she will occasionally acknowledge reality.

https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/21/politics/house-republican-meeting-liz-cheney/index.html

(CNN)Several House Republicans attacked House GOP Conference Chairwoman Liz Cheney of Wyoming during a conference meeting Tuesday morning for supporting Dr. Anthony Fauci and splitting with President Donald Trump on a variety of issues over the past few months, three sources who were in the room told CNN.

Members including Reps. Jim Jordan of Ohio, Matt Gaetz of Florida, Thomas Massie of Kentucky, Chip Roy of Texas, Andy Biggs of Arizona, Scott Perry of Pennsylvania and Ralph Norman of South Carolina all chimed in to air grievances against Cheney.

Gaetz escalated the situation later on Tuesday, tweeting that Cheney "should step down or be removed." He claimed Cheney has worked against Trump's agenda. Donald Trump Jr., the President's son, also joined in, tweeting that Republicans "already have one Mitt Romney, we don't need another."

Cheney later responded publicly to the comments: "Donald Trump Jr. Is not a member of the House Republican Conference," she said. "I take my position in leadership very seriously." House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy also expressed support for Cheney during a news conference.

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2. It is a start

Hopefully a few dozen Republicans will follow. The ones who have not lost their minds. But then are there a few dozen that have not?

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4. She can get away with it

She is a Cheney. It's other GOP Reps. and Senators that isn't backed by such royalty name that needs to grow a spine.

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5. Rep. Katko of Central NY is another

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6. I was against her when she first came here

to Wyoming. She is NOT from here, she only ran here because of her daddy's name.

Well. I guess I'll take a bite of crow.

The only person to stand up to that schoolyard bully, she has earned a bit of respect from me today.

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7. Translation: We got the stacked courts we wanted and since he lost and there is nothing more we can

get from him we are now trying to distance ourselves by throwing him under the bus even though most of my fellow Republicans aided and abetted in inciting the rioting.