Liz Cheney Calls Out GOP Colleagues Before Bannon Contempt Vote

Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) gave a sharp message to her Republican colleagues Tuesday as the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol attack prepared to vote to hold Steve Bannon , a former aide to President Donald Trump , in criminal contempt for refusing to comply with a subpoena.

“Almost every one of my colleagues knows in your hearts that what happened on January 6th was profoundly wrong,” said Cheney, the vice chair of the select committee.

“You all know that there is no evidence of widespread election fraud sufficient to overturn the election. You all know that the Dominion voting machines were not corrupted by a foreign power. You know these claims are false. Yet former President Trump repeats them almost daily.”

She implored her colleagues to “consider the fundamental questions of right and wrong here.”

“The American people must know what happened,” she said. “They must know the truth. All of us who are elected officials must do our duty to prevent the dismantling of the rule of law, and to ensure nothing like that dark day in January ever happens again.”

Cheney, one of two Republicans on the committee, was ousted from her leadership position in the GOP earlier this year because she had become increasingly vocal about Trump’s role in inciting the Jan. 6 riot and refused to support his electoral fraud lies.