Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) is being punished by the GOP for dwelling in actuality, Seth Meyers mentioned Wednesday night time.
GOP leaders have been making ready to oust Cheney, the third-highest rating Republican within the Home, from her management position after she repeatedly refused to perpetuate former President Donald Trump’s falsehood that he gained the 2020 election. She was additionally one in all 10 Republicans to vote to question him for inciting a violent riot on the U.S. Capitol.
Within the 4 months because the mob of Trump supporters laid siege on the constructing, Trump and a few Republicans have sought to whitewash the occasions that individuals world wide noticed on their screens that day.
“This Republican Social gathering doesn’t appear to face for something apart from looking for energy and doing something attainable to realize it, together with dismantling democracy,” Meyers mentioned on “Late Evening.” “They’re so totally dedicated to Trump’s massive election lie that they’re now punishing a longtime hardcore conservative only for dwelling in actuality. I’m operating out of phrases to explain how insane that is.”