>> I BELIEVE BY THE END OF THE
SUMMER WE WILL BE IN A VERY
DIFFERENT POSITION THAN WE ARE
NOW.
>> MUCH MORE ON ALL OF THAT
AHEAD.
THE FORMER PRESIDENT LAUNCHED A
GRENADE INTO THE BATTLE FOR
CONTROL OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY.
EVER SINCE HE LOST TRUMP HAS
BEEN PUSHING THE BIG LIE THAT HE
WON.
THIS MORNING HE TOOK THAT TO A
NEW LEVEL WITH THIS STATEMENT.
"THE FRAUDULENT PRESIDENTIAL
ELECTION OF 2020 WILL BE FROM
THIS DAY FORTH KNOWN AS THE BIG
LIE."
SEE WHAT HE DID THERE.
LIZ CHENEY, A REPUBLICAN WHO IS
A MEMBER OF THE LEADERSHIP IN
THE HOUSE AND A FAVORITE TARGET
OF TRUMP POSTED THIS SHORTLY
AFTER TRUMP SAID THAT.
"THE 2020 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
WAS NOT STOLEN.
ANYONE WHO CLAIMS IT WAS IS
SPREADING THE BIG LIE, TURNING
THEIR BACK ON THE RULE OF LAW
AND POISONING OUR DEMOCRATIC
SYSTEM."
HOURS LATER TRUMP ATTACKED
CHENEY CALLING HER A "BIG SHOT
WAR AMONGER AND CLAIMING THAT
SHE WILL NEVER RUN IN A WYOMING
ELECTION AGAIN."
CHENEY VOTED TO IMPEACH TRUMP
AFTER THE JANUARY 6th RIOT AND
BEAT BACK AN EFFORT TO TAKE HER
HOUSE LEADERSHIP POST.
COMMENTS SHE MADE TODAY IN A
CONFERENCE IN GEORGIA.
WE CAN’T EMBRACE THE NOTION THE
ELECTION IS STOLEN.
IT IS A POISON IN THE
BLOODSTREAM OF OUR DEMOCRACY.
WE CAN’T WHITEWASH WHAT HAPPENED
ON JANUARY 6th OR PERPETUATE
TRUMP’S BIG LIE.
WHAT HE DID ON JANUARY 6 IS A
LINE THAT CANNOT BE CROSSED.
WELL, TONIGHT AXIOS REPORTING
HOUSE REPUBLICANS ARE MOVING
CLOSER TO OUSTING CHENEY FROM
LEADERSHIP.
SHE IS IN THE NUMBER THREE
POSITION, REPLACING HER WITH
ANOTHER WOMAN FROM THE HOUSE
RANKS.
"WASHINGTON POST" WRITES THAT
THE REPUBLICANS WHO WON’T SPREAD
THE FALSE CLAIM OF A STOLEN
ELECTION FIND THEMSELVES
INCREASINGLY OUT IN THE COLD.
ASHLEY PARKER IS STANDING BY TO
JOIN US, CO-AUTHOR OF A PIECE
THAT POINTS OUT SIX MONTHS AFTER
TRUMP LOST TO BIDEN REJECTION OF
THE 2020 ELECTION RESULTS HAS
INCREASINGLY BECOME AN
UNOFFICIAL LITMUS TEST FOR
ACCEPTANCE IN THE REPUBLICAN
PARTY.
SENATOR MITT ROMNEY WHO VOTED TO
CONVICT TRUMP OF INCITING A
INSURRECTION, THE REPUBLICAN
NOMINEE LESS THAN A DECADE AGO
GOT THIS RECEPTION BACK HOME AT
THE UTAH REPUBLICAN PARTY
CONVENTION.
>> YOU MIGHT CALL ME AN OLD
FASHIONED REPUBLICAN.
I AM.
OH, YEAH.
YOU CAN BOO ALL YOU WANT BUT I
HAVE BEEN A REPUBLICAN ALL MY
LIFE.
YOU KNOW ME AS A PERSON WHO SAYS
WHAT HE THINKS.
I DON’T HIDE THE FACT I WASN’T A
FAN OF OUR LAST PRESIDENT’S CHARACTER ISSUES.
CHARACTER ISSUES.
AND I AM ALSO NO FAN.
>> AREN’T YOU EMBARRASSED?
>> TRUMP PRAISED ROMNEY’S
HECKLER AND CALLED THE SENATOR A
STONE COLD LOSER.
WHILE ALL OF THIS WAS UNFOLDING
PRESIDENT BIDEN WAS ON THE ROAD
TRYING TO SELL HIS
INFRASTRUCTURE AND JOB PLAN TO
VOTERS.
THE PARTY’S LEADER IN THE SENATE
SAYS THAT IS LOOKING LESS AND
LESS LIKELY.
>> I THINK THERE IS OVERWHELMING
BIPARTISAN SUPPORT FOR THIS.
REPUBLICAN VOTERS OVERWHELMINGLY
SUPPORT IT.
NOW WE JUST HAVE TO GET MY
REPUBLICAN COLLEAGUES TO SUPPORT
IT.
>> I DON’T THINK THERE WILL BE
FOR REAL CLEAR POLITICS AND A
LAW CLERK ON THE FEDERAL BENCH.
GOOD EVEN TO WELCOME TO YOU ALL.
ASHLEY I WOULD LIKE TO BEGIN
WITH YOU AND YOUR SUNDAY PIECE
CONTAINS SOME REMARKABLE
REPORTING AND THIS REMARKABLE
QUOTE CONTAINED THEREIN.
A REPUBLICAN ORGANIZER IN
MICHIGAN AND FERVENT SUPPORTER
OF DONALD TRUMP SAID SHE HAS
GOOD REASON TO BELIEVE THE 2020
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION WAS
STOLEN.
I THINK I SPEAK FOR MANY PEOPLE
IN THAT TRUMP HAS NEVER ACTUALLY
BEEN WRONG AND WE LEARNED TO
TRUST WHEN HE SAYS SOMETHING
THAT HE IS NOT JUST GOING TO
SPEW SOMETHING OUT THERE THAT IS
NOT WRONG AND NOT VERIFIED.
70% OF REPUBLICANS SURVEYED
BELIEVE THAT THE ELECTION WAS
STOLEN AND GOES A LONG WAY OF
HOW DEEP THAT THE BELLERIVE
RUNS.
>> THAT IS EXACTLY RIGHT.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE SET TO
DOCUMENT IN THIS WEEKEND’S STORY
IS THAT IT IS NOT JUST A
QUESTION AND A FIELTY TEST.
THE TRUTH IS THEY GENERALLY KNOW
BETTER.
WHEN THEY REFUSE TO ACCEPT THE
ELECTION RESULT THAT IS MORE AN
INDICATION OF THEIR
UNWILLINGNESS TO TAKE ON FORMER
PRESIDENT TRUMP AND KIND OF LIKE
TO AVOID THE QUESTION.
WHEN YOU LOOK DOWN AT THE LOWER
LEVELS OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY,
STATE PARTY CHAIRMAN, EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR, GRASSROOT ACTIVISTS, A
LOT OF THEM REALLY DO BELIEVE
WHAT DONALD TRUMP HAS FALSELY
AND BASELESSLY BEEN CLAIMING AND
WHAT HE IS NOW TRYING TO REBRAND
AS HIS OWN BIG LIE AND TAKE THAT
BACK FROM DEMOCRATS.
IF YOU ARE SOMEONE THAT TRULY
BELIEVES EVERYTHING THAT DONALD
TRUMP SAYS AND TRULY BELIEVES A
LIE AND THAT THE ELECTION IS
STOLEN.
YOU CAN UNDERSTAND WHERE THAT
BEHAVIOR COMES FROM, TRYING TO
CAST OUT PEOPLE IN THE
REPUBLICAN PARTY WHO DO ACCEPT
THE ELECTION RESULTS.
IT COULD PLAY DECISIVE, NOT JUST
HOW THE PRIMARIES WORK BUT IF IT
MOVES THE PARTY FURTHER TO THE
FRINGE AND A BACKLASH AND DOWN
SIDE FOR REPUBLICANS IN A
GENERAL ELECTION WHERE A LOT OF
THE VOTERS THAT YOU NEED TO WIN
AND WIN STATE WIDE.
MODERATE VOTERS AND INDEPENDENTS
AND WOMEN DON’T LIKE THE BIG LIE
AND LIKELY WILL PUNISH THE PARTY
WHO IS CONTINUING TO PERPETUATE
IT.
>> A GREAT POINT.
BEFORE WE GET TO MATTERS OF THE
LAW, LET’S TALK ABOUT
CONGRESSWOMAN CHENEY AND TALK
ABOUT IT BY FIRST AIRING THIS.
>> NOTHING IS GOING TO STOP LIZ
CHENEY FROM TELLING THE TRUTH.
>> WE WILL NOT FORGET WHAT
HAPPENED ON JANUARY 6.
>> THE TRUTH ABOUT THE ELECTION
RESULTS.
THE TRUTH ABOUT THE JANUARY 6th
ATTACK ON THE CAPITOL.
>> PRESIDENT TRUMP CLAIMED FOR
MONTHS THE ELECTION WAS STOLEN
AND APPARENTLY SET ABOUT TO
STEAL IT HIMSELF.
>> BUT SNOWFLAKE REPUBLICANS IN
CONGRESS CAN’T HANDLE THE TRUTH
BECAUSE IT EXPOSES THEIR LIES TO
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.
>> PRESIDENT TRUMP WON THE
ELECTION.
>> THE VOTE WAS POLLUTED BY
ILLEGAL BALLOTS.
>> THIS ELECTION WAS STOLEN.
>> REPUBLICAN, DEMOCRAT OR
INDEPENDENT.
IF YOU STAND FOR THE TRUTH,
STAND WITH LIZ.
>> A.B., THAT IS SOME DAMNING
STUFF, NOT EVEN COUNTING THE
CAMEO BY JACK NICHOLSON.
THERE IS REPORTING OUT THERE
THAT THE ATTEMPT TO STRIP
CONGRESSWOMAN CHENEY OF HER
NUMBER THREE LEADERSHIP ROLE
AGAIN IS A STRAIGHT UP HIT JOB
BY KEVIN McCARTHY WHO IS TRYING
TO PROTECT HIS FRIENDSHIP AND
HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH DONALD
TRUMP AND HIS ABILITY TO VISIT
MAR-A-LAGO.
>> I THOUGHT IT WAS INTERESTING
THAT THE FORMER CONGRESSMAN OF
FLORIDA SAID THAT THERE ARE
REPUBLICANS IN THE HOUSE
CONFERENCE THAT SUPPORTED HER
LAST TIME AND WILL AGAIN AND
URGE HER IN PRIVATE TO CONTINUE
TO SPEAK THE TRUTH.
YOU KNOW, SHE HAS THIS GOOD
STANDING.
THE PROBLEM IS THE LAST
CHALLENGE BY MATT GAETZ AND
OTHERS.
SHE DOES ENJOY THE CHALLENGE.
I WAS SURPRISED TO LEARN IT HAD
GOTTEN THIS BAD.
TALKING TO A FEW REPUBLICANS, I
LEARNED THAT IT IS GOING TO BE
THE END OF HER LEADERSHIP ROLE
IF SHE CAN’T CONVINCE ENOUGH
PEOPLE IN SECRET BALLOT TO BACK
HER.
ONE WHO VOTED FOR HER LAST TIME
AND WILL AGAIN.
WE KNOW FROM THE "NEW YORK
TIMES" PIECE BY ROBERT DRAPER,
SHE IS SAYING BRING IT.
SHE IS TAKING EVERY OPPORTUNITY
TO TELL THE TRUTH.
SMACKED DOWN WHAT TRUMP SAID AN
HOUR LATER ON TWITTER.
SHE IS REALLY NOT SHY ABOUT
SPEAKING ABOUT THIS.
THE PEOPLE THAT SUPPORTED HER
LAST TIME AND LIKE THIS MEMBER
THAT SUPPORTED HER AGAIN.
SHE NEEDS TO STOP TAKING EVERY
OPPORTUNITY TO BE ON THE SECOND
PAGE OF THE CONFERENCE.
EVERYONE IS SUPPOSED TO BE
SINGING FROM THE SAME PAGE.
KEVIN McCARTHY IS NO LONGER
SUPPORTIVE OF HER.
THE ONE PHRASE THAT I THOUGHT
WAS SO INTERESTING IS THAT SHE
HAS CHOSEN TO PUT HERSELF IN THE
CROSSHAIRS AND DARE HER
OPPONENTS TO SHOOT AND SOONER OR
LATER SOMEONE WILL.
WHETHER OR NOT SHE GETS TO THE
OVERWHELMING NUMBER, WE KNOW
THAT IS NOT TRUE.
IF SHE MANAGES WITH THE SECRET
NORMAL REPUBLICANS THAT KNOW THE
TRUTH AND WANT HER TO HOLD ON TO
ACTUALLY SURVIVE ANOTHER SECRET