Liz Cheney Compares Jan. 6 Conspiracies To Notion That ‘9/11 Was An Inside Job’
Topline
Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyoming) compared the “false flag operation” conspiracy theory surrounding the January 6 insurrection on the Capitol to the notion that 9/11 “was an inside job” while speaking on Fox News Sunday, calling the theory, which has been peddled by some Fox News hosts,“un-American.
Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., participates in the House Select Committee to Investigate January 6th Committee … [+]
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Key Facts
While speaking to host Chris Wallace, Cheney, who is vice chair of the House committee investigating the attacks and one of the only Republicans on it, said there is no evidence that the insurrection was a “false flag operation” — an idea that Republican rioters were set up to look like they were behind the attacks by liberal members of the “deep state.”
Cheney said the theory is “the same kind of thing that you hear from people who say that 9/11 was an inside job, for example.”
Tucker Carlson, one of Fox News’ most popular hosts, claimed that the insurrection could have been a “false flag operation” in a documentary series that aired the Fox Nation streaming service last week called Patriot Purge.
Crucial Quote
“It’s un-American to be spreading those kinds of lies, and they are lies,” Cheney, the daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney — who was in office during 9/11 — told Wallace.
Key Background
Cheney, one of two Republican representatives serving on the Jan. 6 committee, was removed by her party from her post as conference chairwoman in May when she challenged former President Trump’s lies that the 2020 election was stolen from him, a claim that was at the heart of the riot at the Capitol at the start of this year. Cheney also criticized Carlson’s documentary on Twitter before appearing on Fox News Sunday. Trump has called Cheney “disloyal” and in September he endorsed a primary challenger for her House seat.
Further Reading
Trump Endorses New Primary Challenger To ‘Disloyal’ GOP Rep. Liz Cheney (Forbes)
Pelosi Taps GOP Rep. Liz Cheney And 7 Democrats For Jan. 6 Select Committee (Forbes)
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