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Oct. 23 — Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.)

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3.63.8K Ratings

🗓️ 23 October 2022

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

Rep Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) joins Meet the Press in an exclusive interview to discuss the January 6th select committee’s subpoena of former President Donald Trump. After losing reelection for bucking the GOP, Cheney outlines her own political future as well as her views for the future of the Republican Party. The results of the latest NBC News poll shows Republicans closing the gap with Democrats as the midterm elections near. Cornell Belcher, Ashley Parker, Danielle Pletka, and Kristen Welker join the Meet the Press roundtable.

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0:00.0

This Sunday, polarized and energized.

0:05.0

The election is not a referendum, it's a choice.

0:09.0

Sixteen days until Election Day, our new NBC News poll reveals.

0:13.0

Voter interest is at an all-time high with the potential for record turnout.

0:18.0

I want this election to be about ideas.

0:20.0

But both sides now see the opposing party

0:22.8

as a threat to America as we know it. The American people are going to grab the reins back. Don't

0:27.6

sit this election out. Majorities of Americans are worried about the economy and believe the country

0:32.9

is heading on the wrong track. While GOP enthusiasm is growing, voters are evenly split on which party should control Congress.

0:40.3

Plus, ordered to testify. The January 6th Committee officially issues a subpoena for former President Trump

0:47.3

to testify as his former advisor Steve Bannon is sentenced to prison for defying a January 6th subpoena.

0:55.0

My exclusive guest this morning, Republican Congresswoman Liz Cheney of Wyoming,

1:01.0

vice chair of the January 6th Committee.

1:03.0

The solution for conservatives cannot be that we're going to torch the Constitution.

1:07.0

I'll ask her about the direction of the Republican Party,

1:10.0

growing threats to the

1:11.4

democracy and her own political future. Joining me for Insight and Analysis are NBC News Chief

1:17.4

White House correspondent Kristen Walker, Washington Post Senior National Political Correspondent

1:22.0

Ashley Parker, Democratic pollster Cornell Belcher, and Danielle Pletka of the American Enterprise Institute.

1:29.3

Welcome to Sunday. It's Meet the Press.

1:33.3

From NBC News in Washington, the longest running show in television history.

1:38.8

This is Meet the Press with Chuck Todd.

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