Republican Reps. Liz Cheney (Wyo.) and Adam Kinzinger (Ill.) called out former President Trump after he suggested that former Vice President Mike Pence should have overturned the results of the 2020 presidential election.
Cheney and Kinzinger, the only two Republicans serving on the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol, characterized the ex-president’s comments as un-American.
Cheney outlined a series of Trump’s recent statements in a tweet on Monday — including his admission that “he was attempting to overturn the election” — before writing “He’d do it all again if given the chance.”
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Kinzinger on Sunday said Trump’s statement earlier that day was “an admission” and “massively un-American.” He then offered an ultimatum to GOP leaders, calling on them to “pick a side” between Trump or the Constitution.
“There is no middle on defending our nation anymore,” he added in a tweet.
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Pence’s role in overseeing the certification of the Electoral College vote was, like all vice presidents, largely ceremonial. He preceded over a joint session of Congress on Jan. 6 where he recognized GOP senators and House members who objected to the results to the voting count in specific states. That set up votes by the House and Senate to consider the objections.
Trump has long argued falsely that Pence had more power over the process, and the mob that stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6 did so thinking they could end the Electoral College count by Congress.
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Cheney, Kinzinger call out Trump over Pence comments https://t.co/Syla6YixlB pic.twitter.com/gctMaKG4ih
— The Hill (@thehill) January 31, 2022Trump uses language he knows caused the Jan 6 violence; suggests he’d pardon the Jan 6 defendants, some of whom have been charged with seditious conspiracy; threatens prosecutors; and admits he was attempting to overturn the election.
He’d do it all again if given the chance.
— Liz Cheney (@Liz_Cheney) January 31, 2022
“He could have overturned the election.” This is an admission, and a massively un-American statement. It is time for every Republican leader to pick a side… Trump or the Constitution, there is no middle on defending our nation anymore. pic.twitter.com/Bp3dfn7cBe
— Adam Kinzinger (@AdamKinzinger) January 31, 2022
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