The hole between Liz Cheney deepens after attacking white supremacy, lies about election fraud, Trump and extra

Cheney warned on Tuesday at a virtual foreign affairs event hosted by the Reagan Institute her colleagues opposed the “temptation to look away from the January 6 riot,” according to the New York Times.

“It is particularly important for us Republicans to make it clear that we are not the party of white supremacy,” she said. “For example, you saw the symbols of Holocaust denial that day in the Capitol. You saw the Confederate flag flow through the rotunda, and I think we Republicans in particular have a duty and an obligation to stand against and against the insurrection. “

If you need to declare that you are not the party of white supremacy, then …

But that wasn’t Cheney’s only warning story:

• She railed against the dangers of Trump’s “America First” policies and drew a direct line between her and the isolationists who wanted to keep the nation out of World War II. The ideas are “As dangerous today as it was in 1940, when isolationists started the America First movement to appease Hitler and prevent America from helping Britain fight the Nazis.” Isolationism, she said, was “wrong then and dangerous and now wrong and dangerous”.
• Cheney directly criticized Trump’s weak response to the murderous attack on the Capitol on January 6, calling it an “existential threat to us” that “cannot be minimized, trivialized, and never recur”.
• Cheney also attacked the right-wing media, which backed Trump’s big lie that the election was stolen because it “contributed to a very dangerous situation”.

Basically everything Cheney said has brought her directly into conflict with her fellow GOP leaders of the House. Minority leader Kevin McCarthy of California hesitated over whether Trump was directly responsible for the January 6 deadly riot, and Minority Whip MP Steve Scalise of Louisiana is fresh from a Sunday appearance on ABC’s This Week in which he refused to turn down the election stole Trump, deliberately bringing to life the same unfounded disinformation that fueled the January 6 insurrection.

Cheney’s alienation from the rest of the House’s GOP leadership was seen again Wednesday after a reporter asked McCarthy and Cheney if Trump should attend the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC).

“Yes, he should,” McCarthy replied curtly.

Immediately thereafter, Cheney offered that this was “up to CPAC”. But after January 6th, she added: “I don’t think he should play a role in the future of the party or the country.”

McCarthy decided it was time to reduce their losses. “With that in mind, thank you very much.”

Look at it:

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Question: Do you think former President Trump should speak at the CPAC? @GOPLeader: “Yes, he should.” @ RepLizCheney: “That’s up to the CPAC … I don’t think it should be the party or the country in the future.”

McCarthy: On that high point, thank you very much. pic.twitter.com/ZOkTUbpQCP

– CSPAN (@cspan) February 24, 2021