Tag: Liz Cheney

Cheney Denies Reported Dispute Within Jan. 6 Committee Over Trump Criminal Referral

By Summer Concepcion | April 10, 2022 4:20 p.m.

Trump Was Repeatedly Warned His Attacks On 2020 Election Results Could Spark Violence On Jan. 6, Cheney Says

By Cristina Cabrera | March 29, 2022 9:54 a.m.

Cheney Outlines Why ‘There Certainly Will Be New Information’ From Jan. 6 Committee

By Summer Concepcion | March 20, 2022 1:25 p.m.

Where Things Stand: Cheney Warns Another GOPer Has Become One Of The Kremlin’s ‘Useful Idiots’

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By Nicole Lafond | March 17, 2022 6:49 p.m.

One of the continuing ironies of the current political moment is the extent to which it is now the norm for Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY), despite her name, to break with her party on a number of issues, especially to critique Trumpian lines of thinking from the far-right faction.

Today she went after Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA), criticizing the QAnon congresswoman for giving fresh air to the stale Kremlin talking points about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

Top House Republicans Line Up Behind Liz Cheney’s Primary Challenger

By Matt Shuham | February 18, 2022 1:23 p.m.

Liz Cheney Previews What Jan. 6 Committee Will Say In Public Hearings

By Summer Concepcion | February 10, 2022 3:04 p.m.

Where Things Stand: Cheney Isn’t Entertaining Newt’s Call For Her (And Others) To Be Jailed

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By Nicole Lafond | January 24, 2022 6:15 p.m.

The only two Republicans on the Jan. 6 Committee have responded to calls made by a member of their own party — Newt Gingrich — suggesting that they, and the rest of the panel, should be jailed for the committee’s investigative work.

At this point, it’s par for the course for Gingrich to traffic in Trumpian outrage, as Josh Marshall outlined here. But it’s also an illustration of the Republican Party’s ongoing divide and the ways in which the party as a whole has responded to the bombastic individual who commandeered it for his own ends.