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Liz Cheney: “What he did was illegal under the previous act and…”

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 35:05

And where does that leave us? Yeah, I think, first of all, with respect to the electoral count act, I think it's really important to make clear that What he did was illegal under the previous act and unconstitutional, and it would be illegal unconstitutional under the reformed act. Some of the things that we did was increase, for example, the numbers of members required for an objection to be heard. (35:05–35:16)

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Asserts that [Donald Trump's] actions were illegal and unconstitutional under both the previous and reformed Electoral Count Act.

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“I was going to vote for Vice President Harris.”
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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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“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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“Kevin McCarthy supported [the bipartisan commission] initially.”
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“They killed the idea of an outside bipartisan commission.”
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“The select committee was the only way we had to actually do the investigation.”
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“The select committee developed significant amount of evidence, but the special counsel has developed even more.”
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“The first impeachment, I think that one of the real problems, and I looked at this from the perspective of this, is a very serious and grave…”
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“Nothing has a greater impact on the institution of the House than failing to fully investigate this attack on the House.”
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“I believed it was very important for us to pursue, to issue subpoenas, to pursue those subpoenas aggressively in litigation, pursue…”
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“My dad, he had not been back on the House floor since January 6, since before January 6. But he sort of looked behind us and he saw all of…”
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“Donald Trump is the only American president in history who mobilized a mob that he knew was armed and sent them to attack the Capitol.”
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“It was its first time in the history of the Metropolitan Police Department that one of their lines broke in that fashion.”
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“I don't have any question that the majority of Americans don't want somebody like Donald Trump to be the president.”
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“The majority of Americans really would like to have a president that their kids can look up to.”
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“They really would like a president they know is going to defend the peaceful transfer of power.”
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“It's hard for me to see how the Republican Party, given what it has done, can make the argument convincingly or credibly that people ought…”
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“So much of the Republican Party today has allowed itself to become a tool for this really unstable man.”
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“It certainly has moved away from standing for anything of substance, anything of policy.”
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“I feel very optimistic about the fact that we actually can beat Donald Trump in this election cycle.”
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