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Liz Cheney: “When Donald Trump finally did speak publicly, after hours of…”

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 09:58

He refused repeated pleas from his family, from his closest advisors, from the most senior officials in his campaign and in our government to tell the mobile to leave. And When Donald Trump finally did speak publicly, after hours of violence, after the Capitol had been invaded, he praised the rioters. He did not condemn them. That's who Donald Trump is. Those facts, those facts that we know about what Donald Trump did, including what he did when our capital was under siege, those facts do not come from Donald Trump's political opponents. (09:58–10:08)

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Asserts that Donald Trump praised the rioters after the Capitol was invaded.

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