On Jan. 6, Donald Trump watched the attack on television for over three hours and refused repeatedly to tell the mob to leave, even after he learned the VP had been evacuated and even after he learned a civilian had been shot…That’s evil.
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@Liz_Cheney
: "I think it's crucially important that they rule quickly and decisively. That no circumstance under which a President's actions would be protected by immunity exists here. No president can attempt to do what Donald Trump did and enjoy immunity for that."
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@Liz_Cheney
: "Americans want to be reminded that not only are we a great country, but that we're a good country...and you want your president to be somebody that you're proud for your children to look up to."
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@Liz_Cheney
: "[Trump] knows exactly what those people closest to him will say. He knows what they've testified to about his conduct, and that's why he doesn't want the American people to see that evidence."
Last night,
@Liz_Cheney
joined historian Jon Meacham at
@WNCathedral
for a conversation on the need to rise above partisan politics to defend our Constitution and elect leaders of principle and integrity.
Watch the full conversation here ⬇️
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@Liz_Cheney
: "Bill Barr understands how important it is to have a president who will uphold the rule of law. He's seen firsthand and he's said publicly that Donald Trump's behavior, his conduct, his willingness to lie...those things are a very dangerous & toxic mix."
"When you think about Donald Trump, for example, pledging retribution, what Vladimir Putin did to Alexei Navalny is what retribution looks like in a country where a leader is not subject to the rule of law.”
-
@Liz_Cheney
, 2/18/24
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@tedcruz
and
@marcorubio
know this vote is wrong but they did it anyway. Rubio used to speak the truth about Trump but he’s made himself subservient. Cruz never had any principles to begin with.
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@Liz_Cheney
on
@CNNSOTU
: "What Vladimir Putin did to Navalny is what retribution looks like in a country where the leader is not subject to the rule of law."
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@Liz_Cheney
: "These are people who were involved in violence against police officers...
You cannot say that you are a member of a party that believes in the rule of law. You can't say that you're pro law enforcement. If you then go out and you say these people are 'hostages."
Rep Dan Goldman (D-NY) introduces resolution to censure Rep Elise Stefanik (R-NY), arguing she supports "Jan 6 insurrectionists"
Goldman: "Stefanik referred to the duly convicted insurrectionists as ‘hostages" .. and alleges she's spread Trump "conspiracy theories"
On this day in 2017, Donald Trump wrote another chapter in his long obsession with authoritarian dictators, calling Kim Jong Un "a pretty smart cookie," a day after the North Korean dictator shot a ballistic missile directly over the second-largest island in Japan.
American…
In an ominous foreshadowing of what would happen on Jan. 6, Donald Trump called armed Michigan militia members who stormed the State Capitol in Lansing "very good people" on this day in 2020, and thought the Governor should give into their threats of violence and intimidation.
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@Liz_Cheney
: "A great lie is doing its work poisoning the bloodstream of our democracy. A former president refuses to acknowledge that he lost and he has convinced millions that our elections and our democracy no longer work...We must not let them prevail."
Important new analysis
Donald Trump announced a vigil for
#January6th
inmates in DC jail and promised to free them.
Who exactly are they?
@just_security
obtained official list.
Almost all of them (27 out of 29) are charged with assaulting law enforcement officers.
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@Liz_Cheney
: “Faith communities have a particular obligation this election year. There are churches across our nation where ministers preach from the pulpits in adoration of this former President. There are pastors who seem to have forgotten the First Commandment.”
@EliseStefanik
"You cannot say that you are a member of a party that believes in the rule of law. You can't say that you're pro-law-enforcement if you then go out and say that these people are 'hostages.' It's disgraceful." -
@Liz_Cheney
This is what
@EliseStefanik
said, in a rare moment of honesty, about the January 6 attack on our Capitol. One day she will have to explain how and why she morphed into a total crackpot. History, and our children, deserve to know.
I’m told that, in response to my prior tweet,
@EliseStefanik
deleted her 1/6/21 statement — that those who stormed the Capitol “must be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.” Here is Elise’s statement again. Feel free to share.
#nomorecrackpots
@EliseStefanik
"You cannot say that you are a member of a party that believes in the rule of law. You can't say that you're pro-law-enforcement if you then go out and say that these people are 'hostages.' It's disgraceful." -
@Liz_Cheney