Liz Cheney don laugh Trump’s jail threat

Former Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney don clap back at President-elect Donald Trump afta e threaten to imprison her and other members for di congressional committee wey investigate di January 6, 2021, Capitol riots.

For one interview on NBC’s Meet di Press wey air Sunday morning, Trump claim say Cheney, along with one “committee of political thugs” delete all di evidence from dia investigation.

“Cheney do something wey no dey excusable, along with Thompson and di pipo for di un-select committee of political thugs and, you know, creeps,” di President-elect talk, referring to Mississippi Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (di committee’s chairman). “Dem delete and destroy all evidence.”

“Cheney dey behind am,” Trump continue. “And so was Bennie Thompson and everybody for dat committee. For wetin dem do, honestly, dem suppose go jail.”

For one statement wey di New York Times report, Cheney respond to Trump’s claims, describe dem as one “assault on di rule of law and di foundations of our republic.”

“Here be di truth: Donald Trump attempt to overturn di 2020 presidential election and seize power,” Cheney talk.

“E mobilize one angry mob and send dem to di United States Capitol, where dem attack police officers, invade di building and halt di official counting of electoral votes.”

“Trump watch for television as police officers dey brutally beaten and di Capitol dey assaulted, refuse for hours to tell di mob to leave.”

“Dis na di worst breach of our Constitution by any president for our nation’s history,” she continue.

“Donald Trump’s suggestion say members of Congress wey later investigate him illegal and unconstitutional actions suppose dey jailed na continuation of him assault on di rule of law and di foundations of our republic.”

Di investigation committee release one 845-page report on dia findings and evidence for 2022 along with 140 transcripts of testimonies, emails, and voicemail messages.

For one letter last year, Thompson disclose say di committee get to ask di executive branch to go through some of di investigation’s material first to protect “law enforcement, sensitive operational details, and private, personal information wey, if dem release, fit endanger di safety of witnesses.”

For her statement, Cheney address Trump’s questioning of di committee’s ethics writing, “Donald Trump know say him claims about di select committee dey ridiculous and false, as dem don detail extensively, including by Chairman Thompson.”

“There no dey any conceivably appropriate factual or constitutional basis for wetin Donald Trump dey suggest one Justice Department investigation of di work of one congressional committee and any lawyer wey attempt to pursue dat course go quickly find themselves engaged in sanctionable conduct,” she add.

Liz Cheney

Elizabeth Lynne Cheney na American attorney and politician.

She represent Wyoming’s at-large congressional district for di U.S. House of Representatives from 2017 to 2023, and serve as chair of di House Republican Conference, di third-highest position for di House Republican leadership from 2019 to 2021.

Cheney dey known for her vocal opposition to Donald Trump. As of March 2023, she be professor of practice for di University of Virginia Center for Politics.

Cheney na di elder daughter of former vice president Dick Cheney and second lady Lynne Cheney.

She hold several positions for di U.S. State Department during di George W. Bush administration.

She promote regime change for Iran while she dey chair di Iran Syria Policy and Operations Group with Elliott Abrams.

For 2009, Cheney and Bill Kristol found Keep America Safe, one nonprofit organization wey dey concerned with national security issues wey support di Bush Cheney administration’s positions.

For 2014, she briefly be candidate for di U.S. Senate for Wyoming, challenging incumbent Mike Enzi before she withdraw.

She dey elected to di House of Representatives for 2016, holding di same seat her papa hold from 1979 to 1989.

Regarded as one leading ideological neoconservative for di Bush–Cheney tradition as well as representative of di Republican establishment, Cheney dey known for her pro-business stances and hawkish foreign policy views.

She once dey considered one of di leaders of di Republican Party’s neoconservative wing, and she dey critical of di foreign policy of di Donald Trump administration while she consistently dey vote in favor of Trump’s overall agenda.

Cheney support di second impeachment of Donald Trump following di 2021 storming of di U.S. Capitol.

Following her impeachment vote and criticism of Donald Trump, pro-Trump members of di House Republican Conference attempt to comot am her from party leadership.

For di second attempt, this time with House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy supporting her removal, Cheney dey removed from her position for May 2021.

For July 2021, Speaker Nancy Pelosi appoint Cheney to di House Select Committee on di January 6 Attack. Two months later, she dey made vice chair of di committee.

As consequence of her service on di Select Committee, Cheney’s membership for di Wyoming Republican Party dey revoked for November 2021.

She dey censured by di Republican National Committee (RNC) for February 2022.

For 2022, Cheney lose re-nomination for Wyoming’s Republican primary to Trump-endorsed Harriet Hageman in one landslide, garnering just 28.9% of di vote.

Cheney don talk say she intend to be “di leader, one of di leaders, in a fight to help to restore” di Republican Party.

She later endorse and campaign for Kamala Harris’s unsuccessful run for di 2024 presidential election.

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