Liz Cheney Joins Her Pal Adam Schiff in Deliberately Lying About What Happened On January 6 – Opinion

Wyoming representative Liz Cheney was the star of Monday’s absurd January 6 Commission. Cheney is one of our Congressional quislings who accepted Nancy Pelosi’s invitation to be her handpicked co-chair of a commission that has its sole purpose of trying to tar her colleagues as “insurrectionists.” Cheney, who was removed from the Wyoming GOP by a vote of its members, was chosen to read some selected text messages from former Trump chief of staff Mark Meadows to various people as the Captial riot was underway. This is some hard-hitting stuff in a being nibbled-to-death-by-a-duck kind of way.

You can see the full video below. The transcript of her entire statement is available at the end. However, I’m interested in one statement she makes about Donald Trump’s actions. I’ve cued up the video to the relevant portion.

First, President Trump’s failure to stop the violence. Jan 6^ThOur Capitol Building was invaded and attacked. Trump summoned them to Washington. And, as many of those involved have admitted – on videotape, in social media, and in Federal District Court – they were provoked to violence by President Trump’s false claims that the election was stolen.

The violence was evident to all – it was covered in real time by almost every news channel. For 187 minutes President Trump refused action when it was necessary, essential and required by the Constitution.

First off, let’s do some basic math. Cheney says that the 187 minute Cheney speaks of is equivalent to three hours and seven minutes. The Federalist also deserves a big thank you for picking this up.

These are the events that occurred in January according to the New York Times’ timeline and Washington Post’s timeline.

At noon, President Trump begins his speech. Around 12:15, Trump speaks:

Anyone you want, but I think right here, we’re going to walk down to the Capitol, and we’re going to cheer on our brave senators and congressmen and women, and we’re probably not going to be cheering so much for some of them.

Because you’ll never take back our country with weakness. Your strength must be shown and your will to win has to be demonstrated. It is now our demand that Congress does the right thing, and count only those electors who were lawfully slated.

It is likely that many of you will be marching to the Capitol Building to make their voices heard.

Some begin to leave the speech by moving along Pennsylvania Avenue toward the Capitol. By this time, another crowd has gathered at the Capitol (read New Information About the Capitol Riot Demolishes the Media Narrative and Asks Questions That Need To Be Answered for some insights into the composition of this “other” crowd).

At 12:53 PM, the Capitol is open to all. Trump speaks.

President Trump’s speech ended at about 1:12 p.m.

The exciting journeys and daring endeavors of our bravest Americans have yet to begin. All Americans, please pray for us, for our children, as well as for the country we love.

And I say this despite all that’s happened. We are still in the very best of times.

So we’re going to, we’re going to walk down Pennsylvania Avenue. I love Pennsylvania Avenue. And we’re going to the Capitol, and we’re going to try and give.

Democrats have lost all hope and never voted for any candidate. Not even one vote. But we’re going to try and give our Republicans, the weak ones because the strong ones don’t need any of our help. We’re going to try and give them the kind of pride and boldness that they need to take back our country.

So let’s walk down Pennsylvania Avenue.

You all are very special to me. God bless America and God be with you.

We appreciate you being here. This is fantastic. Many thanks. We are very grateful.

At 2:15 pm, the Capitol is opened to the public. The Senate and House both adjourn around 2:20 p.m.

It was during an initial phone conversation with Tommy Tuberville, Alabama senator, that Trump first showed signs of having an understanding of the Capitol’s activities. During that conversation, President Trump said, “I know we’ve got problems.”

At 2:38 p.m., President Trump tweets, “Please support our Capitol Police and Law Enforcement. They truly stand with our country. Stay peaceful!”

At 3:13 p.m., President Trump tweets, “I am asking for everyone at the U.S. Capitol to remain peaceful. Please, no violence Remember, WE are the Party of Law & Order – respect the Law and our great men and women in Blue. Thank you!” Two minutes later, Ashli Babbitt is executed in cold blood. After 4:37 p.m. President Trump sent a video encouraging everyone to go home.

Twitter took down the video because it encourages riots, which was odd.

Personally, I don’t agree with the idea that President Trump incited the riot. The Capitol Police, along with their law enforcement partners, were responsible for managing the riot, and not Trump. The January 6 riot was started by President Trump. He also had the responsibility of stopping it. Despite this, it is hard to imagine any math that would show President Trump being inactive for more than three hours. Trump probably did the best thing given the circumstances. He reacted only a few moments after being informed of the situation. This is except if you demand that Trump personally goes to Capitol Hill to try and disperse the crowd, like Moses did with the Red Sea. It would have been evidence that President Trump was responsible for the rioting if he had visited Capitol Hill.

It is easy to find out where Cheney obtained the number 187. She cribbed it from this Washington Post article garishly headlined BLOODSHED: For 187 harrowing minutes, the president watched his supporters attack the Capitol — and resisted pleas to stop them.

Cheney, along with her friend Adam Schiff, has presented a false narrative in which Cheney is exposing herself as someone who would say any thing to hurt President Trump or the GOP. Adam Schiff was jailed for using text messages to harm Ohio Republican Jim Jordan. See The GOP Response to the Lies of Adam Schiff and the January 6 Commission Doesn’t Give Anyone Much of a Reason to Vote for Them and Adam Schiff Gets Caught Doctoring January 6th Text Messages, Exposes His Imbecility in the Process. Cheney also attempted to misrepresent the content and context of text messages between Donald Trump, Jr., and some Fox News personalities as showing he didn’t care about the riot when they showed just the opposite, see Liz Cheney Publicizes Donald Trump Jr. She Manages to Kniecap her January 6th Conspiracy Narrative with Text Messages.

You should forget any thoughts that you might have about Liz Cheney, the quisling Liz Cheney, being an honorable individual under attack by Trump supporters. The shameful display she gave Monday is enough to put them to bed. She’s as partisan as Jerry Nadler and Adam Schiff. She has no regard for or interest in finding the truth about January 6–or November 3–and is hellbent on creating a narrative that supports the ridiculous claim of an insurrection personally led by President Trump.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

This is a serious matter. A former Chief of Staff of the United States to an ex-President has contemptuously addressed Congress. This is not something we take lightly. We had intended not to go through this. For weeks, we worked with Mr. Meadows’ counsel to reach an agreement on cooperation. However, shortly before the scheduled deposition, we were informed by Mr. Meadows that he had reneged on his promise to appear and that he wouldn’t cooperate with us. Our belief is that Mr. Meadows has improperly claimed executive and other privileges. But this vote on contempt today relates principally to Mr. Meadows’ refusal to testify about text messages and other communications that he admits are not privileged. Meadows has not asserted any privilege to deny his testimony on these subjects. Three examples are provided: