Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) used her concession speech to debunk Donald Trump’s new huge lie that the FBI planted proof in opposition to him.
Video of Cheney:
Cheney mentioned:
Our nation is younger within the historical past of mankind, and but we’re the oldest democracy on the earth. Our survival will not be assured. Historical past has proven us over and over how toxic lies destroyed three nations. Over the past a number of months, within the January 6 hearings, the American folks have watched dozens of Republicans, together with essentially the most senior officers working for President Trump within the White Home, the Justice Division, and on his marketing campaign—individuals who served President Trump loyally—testify that all of them informed him the election was not stolen or rigged and there was no huge fraud. That’s why President Trump and others invent excuses, pretexts for folks to not watch the hearings in any respect. However no citizen of this republic is a bystander. All of us have an obligation to know what really occurred. We can’t abandon the reality and stay a free nation.
To consider Donald Trump’s election lies, it’s essential to consider that dozens of federal and state courts who dominated in opposition to him, together with many judges he appointed, have been all corrupted and biased, that each one method of loopy conspiracy theories stole our election from us and that Donald Trump really stays president at this time. As of final week, it’s essential to additionally consider that 30 profession FBI brokers, who’ve spent their lives working to serve our nation, deserted their honor and their oath and went to Mar-a-Lago, to not carry out a lawful search or handle a nationwide safety risk, however as a substitute with a secret plan to plant faux incriminating paperwork within the containers they seized. That is one more insidious lie.
Donald Trump is aware of that voicing these conspiracies will provoke violence and threats of violence. This occurred on January 6, and it’s now occurring once more.
Cheney might have used the nationwide platform of her concession speech to speak about herself. She might have been like most Republicans who lose an election lately and mentioned the election was stolen.
As an alternative, she used her speech to name out Trump’s lies and argue for democracy, Liz Cheney’s speech is a warning that Republicans are usually not solely destroying themselves. They’re additionally destroying the world’s main democracy.
It’s doable to disagree with somebody on 99.9% of the problems, however agree with them on one. Liz Cheney voted with Trump 93% of the time. She isn’t any Democrat, however the one principal subject the place she disagrees with Trump is democracy, and that’s one thing that each American who hasn’t been brainwashed by Trump ought to agree on.
Mr. Easley is the managing editor. He’s additionally a White Home Press Pool and a Congressional correspondent for PoliticusUSA. Jason has a Bachelor’s Diploma in Political Science. His graduate work centered on public coverage, with a specialization in social reform actions.
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