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Rep. Liz Cheney: “Remaining silent and ignoring the lie, emboldens the liar”

Anderson Cooper 360

CNN

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3.73.8K Ratings

🗓️ 12 May 2021

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

Rep. Liz Cheney spoke on the House floor about the move to oust her from her leadership position. She vowed not to remain silent as the former President continues to spread election lies and said our freedom only lasts if we protect it. Former U.S. Representative Mia Love joins AC360 to react to her former colleague’s speech. Plus, Andrew Brown Jr’s family said the roughly 19 minutes of videos they saw of the fatal shooting shows an unjustified killing. Brown was shot and killed April 21st when deputies were trying to execute an arrest warrant. Chance Lynch represents the Brown family and was able to watch the videos with them. He tells Anderson Cooper he saw Brown sitting in his car, afraid and in shock when the police arrived on the scene.   Airdate: May 11, 2021   Guests: Mia Love Chance Lynch 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, breaking news on the House floor of the U.S. Capitol, where Congresswoman

0:05.0

Liz Cheney is expected to speak any moment now.

0:08.3

Her office sent out a statement saying her speech would start around 8 p.m.

0:11.8

likely her last speech as House Republican conference chair.

0:15.0

Now when that happens, we will go live to hear her remarks.

0:18.3

Tomorrow House Republicans are expected to vote on whether to keep Liz Cheney in her

0:22.4

position so she's expected to lose that vote.

0:25.1

It's the culmination of a month's long battle, not just over her place in the party, but

0:29.0

that of the former president and his false allegations about voter fraud which have continued

0:34.0

to be embraced by the vast majority of Republicans in the House.

0:37.7

I want to start with this speech, Ryan Noble, who is on Capitol Hill tonight with the

0:41.1

latest.

0:42.1

So what do we expect from Congressman Cheney tonight?

0:45.1

Well Anderson, we expect her to stand her ground as she has done since the beginning

0:48.7

of this controversy and state infatically that she believes that Donald Trump is lying

0:54.5

when he says that there was widespread fraud in the 2020 election.

0:58.7

And that by extension, Republicans who enable him to spread that lie are actually causing

1:03.9

long-term damage to the Republican party.

1:07.0

She's been very vocal about this, going all the way back to the beginning of the year

1:10.6

during the impeachment trial.

1:12.5

She of course voted to impeach the former president.

1:15.8

You'll remember a couple of weeks ago when she chose to be a part of that small group

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