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After her crushing loss in Wyoming, GOP Rep. Liz Cheney proved to everyone that she hasn’t learned her lesson.
In her concession speech, Cheney vowed to keep fighting President Donald Trump and his “insidious lies.” She promised to do “whatever it takes to keep Donald Trump out of the Oval Office.”
“Now the real work begins,” Cheney said. Then she proceeded to herself to former President Abraham Lincoln who was also defeated in elections before ultimately prevailing to save the nation during our Civil War.
Cheney said, “The great original champion of our party, Abraham Lincoln, was defeated in elections for the Senate and the house before he won the most important election of all. Lincoln ultimately prevailed. He saved our union and he defined our obligation as Americans for all of history.”
Quoting Lincoln’s famous Gettysburg Address, she argued that Americans’ “highest duty” is to “protect the foundations of this constitutional republic.”
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Cheney also spoke out about the importance of the January 6 Committee and how “America will never be the same” if Americans do not “hold those responsible to account.”
“At the heart of the attack on January 6, is a willingness to embrace dangerous conspiracies that attack the very core premise of our nation,” she said.
“Our nation is barreling once again toward crisis, lawlessness and violence,” Cheney added. “No American should support election deniers at any position of genuine responsibility, where their refusal to follow the rule of law will corrupt our future.”
“Trump knows that voicing these conspiracies will provoke violence and threats of violence,” Cheney said, in reference to Trump’s remarks about the FBI raid on his private residence. “This happened on January 6, it is now happening again. It is entirely foreseeable that the violence will escalate further, yet he and others continue, purposely, to feed the danger.”
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“Lincoln and Grant and all who fought in our nation’s tragic civil war, including my own great-great-grandfathers, saved our union, their courage saved freedom,” Cheney said. “And if you listen closely, they’re speaking to us down the generations. We must not idly squander what so many have fought and died for.”
“We must be very clear-eyed about the threat we face and about what is required to defeat it. I have said since January 6, that I will do whatever it takes to ensure Donald Trump is never again anywhere near the Oval Office,” Cheney said.
“I ask you tonight to join me as we leave here, let us resolve that we will stand together, Republicans, Democrats and independents against those who will destroy our republic,” Cheney concluded. “They are angry and they are determined. But they have not seen anything like the power of Americans United in defense of our Constitution and committed to the cause of freedom.”
