The US congresswoman Liz Cheney, still number 3 of the Republicans in the Lower House, gave her last speech on Tuesday before her foreseeable leadership purge tomorrow, and has fired at the party leaders and their loyalty to the previous president, Donald Trump.
“I will not sit by and watch in silence as others lead our party down a path that abandons the rule of law and joins the former president's crusade to undermine our democracy,” Cheney said on the floor.. “Remaining silent and ignoring the lie emboldens the liar,” he added..
The legislator, daughter of former Republican Vice President Dick Cheney (2001-2009), has defended “telling the truth” and has maintained that “the elections have not been stolen”, as Trump and his supporters maintain..
He has also warned that Washington faces “a threat like never before”. “A former president who launched a violent attack on this Capitol to steal the election has continued his aggressive efforts to convince the Americans that the election has been stolen from him.. You risk inciting more violence,” he warned.
Cheney has found that in his efforts to “undermine the democratic process” in the United States, Trump has “misled” millions of Americans “who have only heard his words, but not the truth.”.
Power purge in Congress
Cheney's confrontation with Trump has caused the legislator to lose the support of the Republican leadership in Congress, which this Wednesday intends to purge her from her position of power and replace her in the coming days with Congresswoman Elise Stefanik.
In an article published last week in The Washington Post, Cheney stated that he will continue to defend his positions “regardless of the short-term political consequences,” admitting his inevitable break with the party leadership..
After supporting the impeachment trial against Trump in January for the assault on Congress, Cheney already faced a vote of confidence within the party that at that time he surpassed with the support of the Republican leader in the Lower House, Kevin McCarthy.
However, Cheney has lost McCarthy’s support in recent days because of his ongoing confrontation with Trump, who is also maneuvering for the congresswoman to lose her seat in the 2022 congressional elections as well.