Cheney says McCarthy, Stefanik are 'complicit' in spreading Trump's lies
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Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) on Sunday told Fox News' Chris Wallace that she considers both House Minority Leader (R-Calif.) and Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.), who replaced her as the chair of the House Republican Conference last week, "complicit" in spreading former President Donald Trump's lies.
Cheney then reiterated what she's been saying the last few few months as she's come under fire from her GOP colleagues and was ultimately removed from her leadership role — that she isn't willing to back Trump's falsehoods for the sake of the party.
WALLACE: Are Kevin McCarthy and Elise Stefanik being complicit in the Trump lies?
LIZ CHENEY: They are, and I'm not willing to do that. pic.twitter.com/zp9kbJZKi2
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) May 16, 2021
In another interview that aired during Sunday's edition of This Week on ABC News, Cheney told host Jon Karl she doesn't actually think many Republican lawmakers, save for maybe a handful, actually believe Trump's claims that the 2020 election was stolen. But she suggested it's "really dangerous" to cross Trump, so many have fallen in line anyway. "We now live in a country where [members of Congress'] votes are affected because they're worried about their security, they're worried about threats on their lives," she said.
.@jonkarl: "How many of your colleagues actually believe that stuff—actually believe the election was stolen?"
Rep. Liz Cheney: "I think it's a relatively small number." https://t.co/zwcCkO7rtC pic.twitter.com/xsyrfSdS4b
— ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) May 16, 2021
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