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Liz Cheney says she regrets voting for Trump as Republican split widens
The Republican has become the figurehead for the growing Never Trump faction of the party
US Representative Liz Cheney was ousted in a Republican culture war
Credit: REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
A defiant Liz Cheney said she regretted voting for Donald Trump in November as she repeated her vow to do everything necessary to prevent him from returning to the Oval Office in 2024.
Ousted from her Republican leadership role in Congress, the daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney rounded on party colleagues for caving into Mr Trump.
Her remarks, in an. interview on ABC s This Week Sunday underlined the widening Republican rift between supporters and opponents of the former president.
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In contrast to her steely bravado, her pusillanimous colleagues met for just 15 minutes, and dumped her through an indiscriminate voice vote, although some disparaged and even childishly mocked her.
Her sin is her harsh criticism of Mr Trump. Worse, she indignantly denies his now-defining lie that he was robbed of victory last November through massive fraud, which clearly did not happen. Most gallingly, she refuses to keep quiet.
This last point is the most critical.
Few Republicans in the House doubt the 2020 election was fair, clean and remarkably successful, despite a pandemic and deep political divisions, with the largest turnout in over a century. Even fewer, however, are willing to frankly acknowledge that simple and crucial fact. Many claim fraud or express grave doubts. Others note that most Republican voters believe there was fraud and that is all that matters.