During an interview with NBC’s “Meet the Press” on Sunday, Wyoming Representative Liz Cheney warned that the vast number of candidates who have refused to accept the outcome of the 2020 presidential election pose a grave threat to US democracy.
Cheney, who lost a GOP primary to a candidate who falsely claimed the election was “rigged” – said she refuses to support or vote for candidates who cast doubt on the legitimacy of the 2020 election.
“No one of any party should be voting for people who are election deniers,” she said.
The Wyoming Republican took aim at prominent Arizona candidates who are among the most prominent election deniers in the country, including GOP candidates for governor, attorney general, and secretary of state.
Cheney blasted Kari Lake, who is running for governor, and Mark Finchem, who is running for secretary of state, for saying “we’ve looked at all the facts, we’ve looked at the results of the election in 2020, we’ve looked at the law, we’ve looked at the fact that the courts all ruled against Donald Trump, we’ve looked at all the audits and recounts – we’re willing to ignore all of that and we are saying we would not have certified that election.”
Cheney warned that an election denier holding those critical state offices could oversee significant changes to election rules, including certifying votes, asserting partisan control over electoral administration, and limiting ballot access.
“They’re telling you they’ll only certify an election they’ll agree with,” the congresswoman added. “There’s not much graver threat to democracy that you can imagine than that” Cheney concluded.
Watch the interview below from NBC News:
