Article 5HQGQ ‘We must speak the truth’: Liz Cheney defiant in speech ahead of ouster from top Republican job

‘We must speak the truth’: Liz Cheney defiant in speech ahead of ouster from top Republican job

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Maanvi Singh
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The Wyoming representative stands by her opposition to Trump's election lies as she prepares to be removed from No 3 House role

On the eve of a vote almost certain to remove her from a leadership role in the Republican party, a defiant Liz Cheney embraced her fall from party grace and offered a final appeal to her colleagues: We must speak the truth."

Republicans are poised to remove Cheney from her House leadership position over her refusal to support Donald Trump's big lie" that last year's election was stolen from him. Cheney, a Wyoming representative who hails from a Republican political dynasty, was one of 10 Republicans who voted to impeach Trump for incitement of insurrection" following the deadly 6 January attack on the Capitol.

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