Cheney: ‘We’ve seen anti-Semitism, white supremacy, Holocaust denial’ in both parties
House Republican Conference Chairwoman Liz Cheney (Wyo.) said this week that white supremacist ideology has penetrated both of America’s political parties.
“We’ve seen anti-Semitism, white supremacy, Holocaust denial, by people both on the right in the Republican Party and by people on the left in the Democratic Party,” Cheney said Wednesday during a meeting with the Cheyenne Rotary Club, according to The Casper Star-Tribune. “They can have no place in our in our public discourse. We have to be very clear that we stand for freedom and justice and equality and that we’re going to fight for those things.”
Cheney did not specify to whom in each party she was referring but has made similar comments on a number occasions over the past several months, particularly in the wake of the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol by a mob of Trump supporters, including adherents to the QAnon conspiracy theory.
“We are not the party of QAnon or anti-Semitism or Holocaust-deniers, or white supremacy or conspiracy theories,” she said in early February. “That’s not who we are. We believe in conservative principles and conservative values and we believe in the Constitution.”
During impeachment proceedings last month, several House Democrats said the Jan. 6 incident was an act carried out by white supremacists emboldened by a president who has welcomed the ideology.
First-term Rep. Cori Bush (D-Mo.) called former President Trump the “white supremacist in chief” during her floor remarks.
Cheney was one of only 10 House Republicans who joined every Democrat in voting to impeach Trump over his role in inciting the Capitol riot in an effort to overturn the results of the 2020 election. The Senate acquitted Trump on Saturday, though seven Republicans voted to convict.
“I think at the end of the day, the most important thing is honesty,” Cheney said this week. “I owe all of you honesty about why I voted the way that I did, how I see it, and the information that I had. That is continuing to come out. And I look forward to continuing to have those conversations.”
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