Rep. Liz Cheney criticized Trump for 'embracing insurrection' in a wild speech, deepening a GOP rift

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Rep. Liz Cheney criticized former president Donald Trump for continuing to use the incendiary rhetoric that she claims provoked the January 6 riot at the US Capitol.

Cheney was responding to a wild speech Trump gave at a Republican fundraiser which he hosted at his Mar-a-Lago resort Saturday.

In an interview with CBS News the following day, host Margaret Brennan asked Cheney if Trump was the "best messenger for the party" following his speech.

In the address, he repeated his baseless claims the 2020 election was stolen from him by fraud and unleashed insults at critics, branding Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell a "dumb son of a b---h."

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[11 Bravo]

1. I've never been a fan of Lizard, but even a blind squirrel ...

can occasionally find an acorn.

[OAITW r.2.0]

2. She may be a lot of things, but she's no Trump quisling.

Unlike 95%+ of elected Congressional Republicans.

[Dorian Gray]

3. Yep

The party looks so pathetically weak, and I think if she can hang in there past her next election, she'll be a leader of the remnants of the party.

[elleng]

5. I agree.

[elleng]

4. Right

[magicarpet]

6. Well Matt Gaetz might have to catch the next flight up there,.

... once again to give Ms.Cheney a piece of his mind.

No wait, Matt's ass is on fire,...

He is too busy right now.

[displacedtexan]

8. Curious fact: Matt's current problems occurred after he attacked Liz Cheney.

Did Matt think Daddy Dick wouldn't start a political/criminal kill file on him?

[OnDoutside]

9. It is the obvious possibility, when the original leak came from someone

Passing the information to the NYT iirc.

[tanyev]

10. My schadenfreude shall runneth over if we find out that's what triggered Matt's downfall.

[lame54]

7. Then what's with the no votes Liz?