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Anderson Cooper 360

Trump allies search for viable Cheney foe in Wyoming

Anderson Cooper 360

CNN

News

3.73.8K Ratings

🗓️ 7 May 2021

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

With Rep. Liz Cheney, the No. 3 House Republican, about to be forced out of her leadership position for telling the truth that Trump lost the 2020 election, people are already lining up to challenge her in 2022. CNN National Correspondent Gary Tuchman takes AC360 to Wyoming to talk to Cheney’s constituents about whether they support her or the former president’s “Big Lie” about the past election. Plus, Democratic Rep. Kathleen Rice joins AC360 to discuss the future of the Republican Party and says its “completely co-opted and owned by Donald Trump.”  Airdate: May 6, 2021   Guests: Gary Tuchman Rep. Kathleen Rice 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.

0:01.0

A vote to expel a congresswoman Liz Cheney from the Republican Party leadership won't

0:05.1

happen until at least next Wednesday.

0:07.1

And yet today, on the four-month anniversary of a capital riot fueled by lies about a

0:11.2

stolen election that wasn't, the person Republicans are co-lessing around as Cheney's

0:15.5

replacement was making the rounds, showcasing her fealty to the former president and the

0:20.2

lies about that election and the riot itself, which is now apparently required for anyone

0:24.8

who wants to survive in this Republican Party.

0:27.7

This is Congresswoman Liz Stefanoch on Steve Bannon's radio program.

0:31.8

Talking about the latest caused azure for the far right, a hyper partisan so-called audit,

0:36.4

some of the believe could overturn the result of the election in Arizona, state which went

0:40.0

for Biden.

0:42.5

I fully support the audit in Arizona.

0:45.6

We want transparency and answers for the American people.

0:49.7

What are the Democrats so afraid of?

0:52.6

The voters in Arizona and the state senate in Arizona pursued this audit.

0:57.3

I fully support it.

0:59.3

Transparency is a good thing.

1:01.1

We need to fix these election security issues going into the future.

1:06.1

Now for the record, this really has nothing to do with election security.

1:10.1

There were no widespread security issues, no widespread voter fraud, at least not according

1:14.2

to the Republicans.

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