509 — Rep. Liz Cheney
The Axe Files with David Axelrod
CNN
4.6 • 7.7K Ratings
🗓️ 27 October 2022
⏱️ 56 minutes
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Summary
In the span of 15 months, Rep. Liz Cheney went from House GOP conference chair to losing her primary by more than 30 points. Her fall within the Republican Party began with her vote to impeach President Donald Trump after the January 6 attack on the Capitol and accelerated when she joined the House committee investigating the events of that day. Rep. Cheney joined David to talk about Trump and his supporters in Congress, her work on the Jan. 6 committee, how the threats to American democracy go beyond the ballot, and her hopes for the country’s political future.
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| 0:00.0 | And now, from the University of Chicago Institute of Politics and CNN Audio, the Axe Files, with |
| 0:12.6 | your host, David Axelrod. |
| 0:19.2 | At this point, Liz Cheney probably needs no introduction. |
| 0:23.3 | The Wyoming Congresswoman of Starward Conservative and heir to one of the most famous Republican |
| 0:28.5 | names, sacrificed her leadership position, her house seat, and maybe even her chance to |
| 0:34.3 | serve in public office over her vote to impeach Donald Trump and her insistence on holding |
| 0:39.7 | him accountable for his role leading up to and during the January 6th insurrection. |
| 0:44.9 | I sat down with her this week to talk about all that and about how she's processing |
| 0:49.1 | this headspinning diversion in her life's journey. |
| 0:52.3 | Here's that conversation. |
| 1:01.1 | Liz Cheney, it's great to see you. |
| 1:02.9 | We were going to be together today, playing difficulties kept us apart, but it's always |
| 1:08.9 | good to see you. |
| 1:10.3 | And listen, I want to ask you about the hearings and I want to ask you about the elections, |
| 1:15.8 | but since people hear you talking about that all the time, I really want to ask you about |
| 1:20.4 | you. |
| 1:22.4 | No, I mean, I am trying to get my arms around your journey, which is really unusual. |
| 1:30.5 | And I don't mean just your journey from in the last three years, but you grew up in politics. |
| 1:35.8 | I mean, that was what you knew from your dad was the White House chief of staff when |
| 1:41.2 | you were like 10 years old. |
| 1:42.9 | Yeah, that's right. |
| 1:45.0 | One of my earliest memories is actually during Watergate. |
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