What Liz Cheney got right about Trump and Republicans
Published Date: 5/18/2021
Source: CNN
House Republicans voted to remove Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney from her leadership position last week, and in the process reaffirmed the “Big Lie” peddled by former President Donald Trump. In this latest episode of The Point, CNN’s Chris Cillizza explains Cheney’s last-ditch warning to the GOP and why it matters. SOURCES AND FURTHER READING: Liz Cheney ousted from GOP leadership role over Trump criticism https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/liz-cheney-gop-vote-05-11-21/index.html Cheney shames colleagues who purged her for disloyalty to Trump https://www.cnn.com/2021/05/12/politics/liz-cheney-house-gop/index.html Here's the big tell on the real reason Republican leaders want to dump Liz Cheney https://www.cnn.com/2021/05/05/politics/liz-cheney-elise-stefanik/index.html William Barr says there is no evidence of widespread fraud in presidential election https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/01/politics/william-barr-election-2020/index.html Former acting defense secretary to say he worried about appearance of 'military coup' at US Capitol on January 6 https://www.cnn.com/2021/05/11/politics/capitol-riot-miller-coup-rosen-testimony/index.html Trump and his allies filed more than 40 lawsuits challenging the 2020 election results. All of them failed. https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-campaign-lawsuits-election-results-2020-11 The Supreme Court was *never* going to hand the election to Donald Trump https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/08/politics/scotus-pennsylvania-supreme-court-donald-trump/index.html Supreme Court rejects Texas' and Trump's bid to overturn election https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/11/politics/supreme-court-texas-trump-biden/index.html https://www.donaldjtrump.com/desk/desk-qt8ayyzxe7/ About me: I was named "best dressed" in 7th grade. That, along with being CNN's editor at large and author of the daily "Point" newsletter are my proudest achievements. Look for me here every Tuesday and Thursday to find out what’s really going down in politics. CREDITS Writer: Chris Cillizza Producer: Paul Dwyer & Moira Donohue The Point Editor: Leigh Munsil Video Editor: Michelle Cho Follow Chris on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cillizzac/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/cillizzacnn Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/chris.cillizza/ Subscribe to The Point newsletter: https://www.cnn.com/specials/politics/the-point-with-chris-cillizza?source=Point_Youtube. #CNN #Cillizza #LizCheney