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Liz Cheney: “If you're in Congress, if you're a Republican in Congress…”

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

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

Published | Video Starts at 46:31

It certainly guides it in a way that it shouldn't. And I do think people get on autopilot. Absolutely. You know, If you're in Congress, if you're a Republican in Congress, you know, and the Democrats propose legislation, the tendency is, okay, well, what are the worst things we can say about that legislation and the same, the other way around? And I think, you know, I certainly hope that having been through what we've been through, we can all say, wait a minute, we need to recognize we'll have differences, but stop the reflexive partisan attacks because it doesn't, it's not good for the country. (46:31–46:45)

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