‘Ignoring the Lie Emboldens the Liar’

2021-05-12

Today, Liz Cheney, the No. 3 Republican in the House, is expected to be removed from her leadership position.She has found herself on a lonely political island by continuing to speak out against former President Donald Trump.We look at the factors behind her ouster and the new requirements for Republican leadership. Guest: Catie Edmondson, a reporter in The New York Times’s Washington bureau. Sign up here to get The Daily in your inbox each morning. And for an exclusive look at how the biggest sto...

Today, Liz Cheney, the No. 3 Republican in the House, is expected to be removed from her leadership position.

She has found herself on a lonely political island by continuing to speak out against former President Donald Trump.

We look at the factors behind her ouster and the new requirements for Republican leadership.

Guest: Catie Edmondson, a reporter in The New York Times’s Washington bureau.

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Background reading:

In turning on Ms. Cheney,Republicans have bowed to Mr. Trump’s election lies.
The Wyoming congresswoman challenged Republicans to turn away from Trump after Jan. 6. Instead, they turned on her.
“History is watching.” Here are five key arguments from Ms. Cheney’s Washington Post opinion essay this month.

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