Ben Blanchet is a reporter based in New York City. His work has been featured in the New York Post, Insider and The Buffalo News' Sun newspapers. He was born and educated in Upstate New York.
“What we’ve seen is a result of really the leadership decisions that Kevin McCarthy made all the way back after the 2020 election – and certainly after January 6,” Cheney toldShe continued: “And looking the other way in the face of the kind of assault on our democracy that we’ve seen from. Elevating those members, frankly, some of whom are white supremacists, some of whom are antisemitic, a number of whom were involved directly in the attempt to seize power and overturn the election.
Cheney, former vice chair of the House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021 insurrection, went on to note the extent to which political violence and threats have “reared their head once again,” declaring that it certainly never should have become part of the country’s politics.“I think you certainly would have to trace it back – in its modern version – to Donald Trump,” she replied.
“And we now know, frankly, because of the lie, we know that the lie about the election, we know that telling people that they have to use violence in order to take back their country, we know that that lie was very effective in sparking violence. And it hasn’t stopped.”Realness delivered to your inbox
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