Liz Cheney

Liz Cheney - Seit dem 3. Januar 2017 vertritt sie den Bundesstaat Wyoming im US-Repräsentantenhaus.

Vom 3. Januar 2019 bis zum 12. Mai 2021 war sie Republican Conference Chairwoman und damit die dritthöchste Republikanerin in der republikanischen Fraktion nach dem House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy und dem republikanischen Whip Steve Scalise.

Cheney was the Chair of the House Republican Conference , the third-highest position in the House Republican leadership, from 2019 to 2021. She was removed from the position by a voice vote of the House Republican Conference on May 12, 2021.

Cheney is the elder daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney and Lynne Cheney. She held several positions in the U.S. State Department during the George W. Bush administration, notably as Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs and Coordinator for Broader Middle East and North Africa Initiatives.

Die Republikanerin Liz Cheney verliert ihren Posten, weil sie Donald Trumps Lügen nicht mitträgt. Die Partei unterwirft sich ihrem Ex-Präsidenten. Ein gefährlicher Weg.

* Eine Analyse von Rieke Havertz, für Die Zeit, Washington D.C. vom 12. Mai 2021

the speech

# 'Ignoring the lie emboldens the liar' - 12 may

Liz Cheney speech

Sie hatte Trump wiederholt wegen seiner unbegründeten Wahlbetrugsvorwürfe kritisiert. Kurz vor ihrer Ablösung hatte sie noch einmal deutliche Worte gefunden: Sie werde nicht schweigend zusehen, wie sich ihre Partei »dem Kreuzzug des ehemaligen Präsidenten anschließt, um unsere Demokratie zu untergraben«, sagte Cheney in einer kämpferischen Ansprache im Kongress.
Cheney kritisiert Trumps Anhänger als »auf Kriegsfuß mit der Verfassung«  Dutzende Gerichte hätten Trumps Behauptung entkräftet, dass er durch Betrug um seine Wiederwahl gebracht worden sei. »Diejenigen, die sich weigern, die Urteile unserer Gerichte zu akzeptieren, stehen auf Kriegsfuß mit der Verfassung.«
Nachdem Anhänger Trumps am 6. Januar das US-Kapitol erstürmt hatten, stimmte Cheney als nur eine von zehn Republikanerinnen für ein Amtsenthebungsverfahren gegen Trump. Seitdem hat sie Trump wiederholt für seine nicht belegten Wahlbetrugsvorwürfe rund um die Präsidentschaftswahl vom 3. November kritisiert. Sie verurteilte kürzlich einen »gefährlichen und antidemokratischen Personenkult um Trump« in ihrer Partei.

Privat soll Cheney gesagt haben, sie werde alles in ihrer Macht Stehende tun, damit Trump nie wieder in die Nähe des Oval Office komme. Trump hat wiederholt damit geliebäugelt, bei der kommenden Präsidentschaftswahl anzutreten.

Cheney hat weiterhin ihr Abgeordnetenmandat.

see also: United\_States\_House\_Select\_Committee\_on\_the\_January\_6\_Attack

### about trump

During the ABC interview, Cheney reiterated her strong reservations about Trump's fitness for future office.

"Any man who would not do so, any man who would provoke a violent assault on the Capitol to stop the counting of electoral votes, any man who would watch television as police officers were being beaten, as his supporters were invading the Capitol of the United States, is clearly unfit for future office," Cheney said. "Clearly can never be anywhere near the Oval Office ever again."

Asked if she believes the committee's investigation and report can change minds, Cheney said she has hope because the work is being done on a bipartisan basis.

"It is very much one that brings together a group of us who have very different policy views, but who come together when the issues have to do with the defense of the Constitution, and so that does give me hope," she said.

* cnn link jan 11, 2022

Former US Vice-President Mike Pence has dismissed claims by Donald Trump that he could have stopped Joe Biden becoming president last year. In his strongest rebuttal yet, he said Mr Trump was wrong to suggest he had had the right to overturn the election.

Separately the Republican Party censured two of its top lawmakers for investigating the Capitol riots

The two legislators, Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger, are the only Republicans on a congressional select committee investigating the riots.

The statement by the Republican National Committee (RNC) accused the pair of helping to persecute "ordinary citizens engaged in legitimate political discourse".

The RNC appeared to suggest rioters had been involved in legitimate political actions but RNC Chair Ronna McDaniel clarified that it was a reference to "legitimate political discourse that had nothing to do with violence at the Capitol". bbc 4 febr 2022

The committee said it would "immediately cease any and all support of them" as party members without removing them from the party.
Both lawmakers issued statements in advance of the vote.
"The leaders of the Republican Party have made themselves willing hostages to a man who admits he tried to overturn a presidential election and suggests he would pardon 6 January defendants, some of whom have been charged with seditious conspiracy," Ms Cheney said. They also received support from other opponents of Mr Trump in the party. Senator Mitt Romney tweeted: "Shame falls on a party that would censure persons of conscience, who seek truth in the face of vitriol."

On Friday, 4.2.22, however, the Republican National Committee passed a resolution that will put Mr Trump, the 6 January Capitol riots and shifting Republican attitudes toward both into national headlines again.

The committee also did so in a way that will generate storms of criticism, by censuring Ms Cheney and Congressman Adam Kinzinger for, in part, helping Democratic "persecution of ordinary citizens engaged in legitimate political discourse". Republicans say the line - added in a last-minute revision - was meant to reference individuals who protested the election results and not those who attacked the Capitol, but its inartful wording will ensure it is construed to include both.

The resolution is just the latest example of the grip Mr Trump holds on the Republican Party apparatus, even if polls indicate that the loyalty of some conservatives may be slipping.

The practical purpose behind the committee's move is that it frees the party to shift financial support from Ms Cheney to her Republican primary opponent. The political fireworks were a collateral - if not unintended - effect.

### book about 6 jan

Liz Cheney ist bei den US-Republikanern eine der schärfsten Kritikerinnen von Donald Trump. In ihrem Buch warnt sie vor einer neuerlichen Präsidentschaft des 77-Jährigen – und schildert ihre Erlebnisse nach der Wahl 2020.

***Oath and Honor: A Memoir and a Warning***

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\* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oath\_and\_Honor:\_A\_Memoir\_and\_a\_Warning

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bbc 4 febr 2022

* Elise Stefanik
* Miles Taylor

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