Placeholder while article actions loadWith each of her appearances on behalf of the Jan. 6 committee, Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) But her efforts will be for naught if election deniers on the midterm ballot assume power in posts that could facilitate “peaceful” coups. As in the hearings themselves, Cheney displayed in her video preview of Thursday’s session moral gravitas and a fierce embrace of facts. That raises an important question: Once the hearings are done and her own primary race is decided, what does Cheney do about these election deniers running in November? Instead, Cheney and fellow truth-telling Republicans — such as Rice, Rep. Adam Kinzinger (Ill.) and Massachusetts Gov.

Source: Washington Post June 16, 2022 07:32 UTC