Breaking: Cheney Responds to GOP ‘Concerns’ about Her Leadership, Says the ‘Issue’ Is Refusal to Lie

Representative Liz Cheney (R., Wyo.) said that Republican concerns about her leadership ability, which House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy described in a Tuesday morning interview, stem from her refusal to “whitewash” the January 6 Capitol riots and spread “lies” about the 2020 election.

“This is about whether the Republican Party is going to perpetuate lies about the 2020 election and attempt to whitewash what happened on January 6,” Cheney spokesman Jeremy Adler said in a statement. “Liz will not do that. That is the issue”

The statement came in response to McCarthy’s claim that some GOP representatives are “concerned about her ability to carry out the job as conference chair to carry out the message.”

Cheney Responds to GOP ‘Concerns’ about Her Leadership, Says the ‘Issue’ Is Refusal to Lie The statement came after McCarthy said publicly that Republicans are 'concerned' about her ability to ... READ MORE ADVERTISEMENT Follow Us & Share 19 West 44th Street, Suite 1701, New York, NY, 10036, USA Your Preferences | Unsubscribe | Privacy View this e-mail in your browser.