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Liz Cheney: “I was going to vote for Vice President Harris.”

Featuring: Liz Cheney, Republican | Former U.S. House, Wyoming

One-on-one with Liz Cheney _ Cap Times Idea Fest

Published September 21, 2024 | Video Starts at 10:39

And I think that that says something. You know, my decision to not just work to make sure that we defeat Donald Trump, but as part of that, to announce that I was going to vote for Vice President Harris. was something I thought about very deeply. And I thought about it from the perspective of doing everything we possibly can to make sure that we defeat former President Trump. (10:39–10:44)

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“An unprecedented number of officials who served in the Trump administration...have said they will never support him again.”
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“They [the mob] used those flags to beat police officers.”
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“General Kelly has been absolutely clear in confirming on the record what he observed and Donald Trump's lack of fitness for office.”
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“In the aftermath of January 6...republican leaders think that they can sort of keep their head down or that someone else is going to take…”
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“Those elected officials, I think, have a duty, have a responsibility to speak out.”
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“Republicans have shown that they will not certify the results if Donald Trump isn't the victor.”
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“Steve King was stripped of his committee assignments immediately [after making comments indicating support for white nationalism].”
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“Marjorie Taylor Greene talks about Jewish space lasers.”
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“The mob carried symbols of anti-Semitism, racism, and bigotry into the Capitol [on January 6].”
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“Tucker Carlson interviewing someone that, that he calls, I think, one of the most important historians of World War Two.”
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“This individual on Tucker's platform said that Winston Churchill was the greatest villain of World War Two.”
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“He said that Hitler didn't really want to fight.”
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“This kind of anti semitism that Tucker promoted, it's, you know, really nazi propaganda.”
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“JD Vance did an interview with Tucker, I think two days after he platformed this guy spreading nazi propaganda.”
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“There are very few elected officials who actually believe what Trump is saying.”
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“Trump has obviously taken over the Republican Party and the party itself really has rejected the constitution in the name of supporting…”
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“I have spoken to Vice President Harris.”
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“This coalition that is backing Vice President Harris is unique, certainly in modern political history.”
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“She understands that she has to be a president for all Americans.”
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“Trump is a conservative and he's not.”
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“There was an analysis, I think it was in the Wall Street Journal, actually, in the last couple of days, about whose economic policy would be…”
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“On balance, they said, Kamala Harris, when you look at Donald Trump now, I have disagreements with her tax policy and a number of other…”
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“People need to focus on Donald Trump's tariff policy.”
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“We know how damaging tariffs will be for every single American.”
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“A president of the United States, through executive action, can impose the kind of really damaging tariffs he's talking about.”
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“He's completely abandoned the notion that America has to lead the world.”
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“He's invited Putin to invade our NATO allies.”
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“He's clearly unstable.”
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“Apparently JD Vance sort of launched this attack and they checked with the local government in Springfield, Ohio, and they were told it's…”
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“JD Vance even said it. He said, yeah, well, if I have to create something, I will.”
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“He wanted to throw out your votes, and he will do it again.”
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“He's totally untethered to the law.”
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“If a president is unwilling to enforce the rulings of the courts, then we aren't a nation of laws.”
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“What he did was illegal under the previous act and unconstitutional, and it would be illegal unconstitutional under the reformed act.”
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“We increased the numbers of members required for an objection to be heard.”
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“He didn't want the bipartisan border legislation. So Republicans rejected it even though they had negotiated it.”
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“The select committee was the only way we had to actually do the investigation.”
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