Former Republican lawmaker says ‘Trump attempted to overturn the 2020 presidential election and seize power’ after he threatens to jail her and other committee members

In his first sit-down interview since winning the presidential election, Donald Trump made clear to NBC News on Sunday that he planned to upend an array of governing norms as soon as he gets into the White House. The president-elect said he would pardon most January 6 insurrectionists, and that the former Republican congresswoman Liz Cheney and other lawmakers who served on the bipartisan House committee that investigated the attack on the Capitol “should go to jail”. That prompted a furious riposte from Cheney, who was ousted from Congress’s lower chamber two years ago over her break from Trump.

“Here is the truth: Donald Trump attempted to overturn the 2020 presidential election and seize power,” Cheney said in a statement, where she also called for the justice department special counsel, Jack Smith, to release evidence he gathered into Trump’s attempts to overturn the 2020 election.

  • givesomefucks@lemmy.worldEnglish
    386·
    3 days ago

    Stop trying to make Liz Cheney seem like a rational and moral person…

    This was always the danger of setting the bar at “slightly better than Trump”. One day he’ll be gone and every rationale for voting for a neoliberal with a D by their name will rationalize voting for anyone not named trump. Which includes Liz Cheney.

    • Jyek
      182·
      3 days ago

      That’s like saying we vote for presidents because “at least they aren’t Hitler.” I don’t like Liz Cheney any more than I enjoyed her Father. But she is not wrong in this instance and I think that’s the important take away in this article.

      • givesomefucks@lemmy.worldEnglish
        92·
        3 days ago

        But it’s not exactly a difficult question…

        The only reason Liz gets articles is “even Liz Cheney agrees!” Which whether intentional or not presents her to voters of both parties as a rational candidate.

        She’d effectively be just as bad as trump, she’d just maintain plausible deniability while achieving the same results.

        It’s fucking dangerous and irresponsible.

    • atzanteolEnglish
      58·
      3 days ago

      There it is - the “if you’re not entirely on my side then you’re a nazi” political philosophy that makes lemmy so toxic.