Cheney: "I will do everything I can to ensure" that Trump "never again gets anywhere near the Oval Office"

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🗓️ 13 May 2021

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Rep. Liz Cheney was removed from her position as House GOP conference chair. After the vote she said she “will do everything I can to ensure” that Trump “never again gets anywhere near the Oval Office.” Rep. Elise Stefanik is expected to replace Cheney and says she “absolutely” has enough support to replace her as chair, even with a challenge. Conservative lawyer George Conway joins AC360 to discuss the future of the Republican Party. Plus, the CDC director has recommended the use of the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine in children ages 12-15-years-old. Dr. Sanjay Gupta tells Anderson Cooper the vaccine is very “safe and effective.” Airdate: May 12, 2021 Guests: George Conway Dr. Sanjay Gupta To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	And good evening. There hasn't been a day in recent memory when the entire charade of
0:04.6	what's happening within the leadership of the Republican Party was laid so bare. In
0:08.3	three separate events, all of them happening within roughly a one-mile radius of each
0:12.2	other. The first was the vote to Alice Liz Cheney from House GOP leadership, lasted
0:16.8	all of 16 minutes. It was, of course, a culmination of events that started with her daring
0:21.3	to tell the truth about the election and the insurrection and the lies about both
0:24.8	promulgated by the former president. For more than a week, though, Republicans insisted
0:29.1	that wasn't why she lost her leadership position. That it was about something else, about
0:33.7	making sure everyone in the party was on the same page. Just hours after Cheney lost
0:37.9	her position at a house oversight hearing on the January 6th insurrection, that same
0:41.9	page was on full display.
0:46.0	There was no insurrection and to call an insurrection, in my opinion, is a bold face
0:50.1	lie. Watching the TV footage of those who entered the Capitol and walked through statuary
0:55.3	hall showed people in an orderly fashion staying between the stanchions and ropes taking
0:59.9	videos and pictures. If you didn't know the TV footage was a video from January the
1:04.7	6th, you would actually think it was a normal tourist visit.
1:08.3	outright propaganda and lies are being used to unleash the national security state against
1:12.9	law abiding U.S. citizens, especially Trump voters. As a result, the DOJ is harassing
1:20.3	peaceful patriots across the country.
1:22.3	It was Trump supporters who lost their lives that day, not Trump supporters who were taking
1:28.4	the lives of others.
1:29.9	When I see this sheet on our timeline, and on the, let's see, okay, at 207, a mob of
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