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Liz Cheney: “Our institutions also held because of Vice President Mike…”

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

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Liz Cheney at Kamala Harris rally, Ripon, Wisconsin

Published | Video Starts at 16:14

They are the ones who held the line and prevented far worse from happening that day. They are the true profiles, encouraged. Do not let anyone lie about what happened and what they did. Our institutions also held because of Vice President Mike Pence, who refused. He refused to violate his oath to the Constitution. And that is why Mike Pence is not Donald Trump's running mate today. Instead, JD Vance is on the ticket. Vance has said, I mean, that's true. (16:14–16:29)

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Asserts that Mike Pence's refusal to violate his oath helped institutions hold on January 6.

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