Rep. Liz Cheney: Trump’s election lies are “poison”

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🗓️ 4 May 2021

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Rep. Liz Cheney, the No. 3 House Republican, said her party can’t accept the “poison” of the idea that the 2020 election was stolen. She also said they shouldn’t “whitewash” the Capitol riot on January 6th and the former President’s role in inciting the violence. The Wyoming Congresswoman has been at odds with Trump since the insurrection, which has made her a target of the former President and his supporters. New York Times Foreign Affairs Columnist Thomas Friedman joins AC360 to discuss Cheney’s comments and says she’s “standing up for our democracy.” Plus, the family of Andrew Brown Jr. gathered at a church in Elizabeth City, North Carolina to remember his life and continued their calls for justice and accountability. Authorities have released few details about the fatal shooting of the 42-year-old, who was fatally shot by sheriff deputies when they were trying to execute a warrant. Brown family attorney Benjamin Crump gives Anderson Cooper an update on when the family will finally be able to see the full body camera video of the shooting.  Airdate: May 3, 2021 Guests: Thomas Friedman Benjamin Crump 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	Good evening, Republican House leader Kevin McCarthy has a decision to make and it may
0:05.1	just affect the entire future of the Republican Party.
0:07.3	It's about whether to back or bury the third highest-ranking Republican in the House,
0:11.9	Liz Cheney, who's repeatedly and publicly expressed her disdain for the lies and actions
0:16.4	taken by the former president.
0:18.1	Cheney did it again today behind closed doors.
0:21.0	CNN has learned Congresswoman Cheney this afternoon told a group of conservatives at
0:25.0	a conference in Georgia that to accept the idea that the 2020 election was stolen is
0:30.0	quote, poison in the bloodstream of our democracy.
0:32.4	We'll have more on what she said in a moment, but how Republican House leader Kevin McCarthy
0:36.9	deals with Cheney is very much an open question.
0:40.4	After all, Kevin McCarthy has been anything but consistent and seems to change his opinion
0:44.6	depending on how he senses the political winds are blowing.
0:48.0	Listen to what he said just after the attack on the Capitol.
0:52.1	The president bears responsibility for Wednesday's attack on Congress by mob rioters.
0:57.7	He should have immediately denounced the mob when he saw what was unfolding.
1:02.7	These facts require immediate action by President Trump.
1:07.3	Now keep it mind, the speaker was a man with a unique vantage point to judge the president's
1:11.3	culpability because we now know that two men had a phone conversation on January 6 as
1:16.3	the riot was happening.
1:17.9	Lawmakers who were briefed on the call afterward of Tulsi and Ann that they were told McCarthy
1:21.9	was pleading with the president to help against the rioters.
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