Posted on 09/29/2021 11:54:49 PM PDT by RandFan
Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) on Wednesday apologized to Gen. Mark Milley for what she called "despicable" questioning of the top military general by fellow Republican lawmakers during a congressional hearing, as the Joint Chiefs chairman fielded questions about comments he made following the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, and phone calls he had with a Chinese official to assure them that the U.S. was not preparing an attack.
Cheney, during a House Armed Services Committee hearing about the U.S.’s withdrawal from Afghanistan, opened her five minutes of questioning by discussing the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, arguing that some lawmakers “failed to do their duty.”
Cheney is one of two Republicans to sit on the select committee probing the riots, along with Rep. Adam Kinzinger (Ill.).
“In the aftermath of that attack, many of the members of our constitutional system failed to do their duty. Many of them punted, many of them today are still attempting to obstruct the investigation into that attack, attempting to whitewash what happened,” Cheney said.
She was referring to the refusal by a number of GOP lawmakers to vote to certify the 2020 presidential election results in certain states that former President Trump lost, and Republicans’ opposition to taking part in the House’s probe of the attack.
Cheney criticized fellow Republican on the panel for questioning the general’s loyalty to the U.S., calling the actions “despicable.”
“For any member of this committee, for any American, to question your loyalty to our nation, to question your understanding of our Constitution, your loyalty to our Constitution, your recognition and understanding of the civilian chain of command, is despicable,” Cheney said.
“I want to apologize for those members of this committee who've done so, and I want to thank you for standing in the breach when so many, including many in this room, failed to do so,” she added.
Several GOP representatives questioned the Joint Chiefs chairman about a conversation he had with Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) following the Jan. 6 attack, and alleged phone calls he made to his Chinese counterpart pertaining to a potential attack by the U.S.
The revelations were first reported in the book “Peril,” written by veteran journalist Bob Woodward and The Washington Post’s Robert Costa.
The book details a phone call between Milley and Pelosi, in which the general agreed with the Speaker’s interpretation that Trump was “crazy.”
The book also reports that Milley spoke with Chinese General Li Zuocheng to reassure his counterpart that the U.S. was not preparing a strike against China, and to note that America was not on the brink of collapse following the Jan. 6 attack.
Milley defended the phone calls during Wednesday’s hearing, arguing that he would never “tip off the enemy about what the United States is going to do in an actual plan.”
A number of Republicans used the bombshell reports to question the general’s credibility.
Rep. Vicky Hartzler (R-Mo.) said Milley’s call with Li went against the U.S. and is “worthy of your resignation.”
Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) accused Milley of “undermining the chain of command.”
“You said yesterday that you weren't going to resign when senators asked you this question, and I believe that you guys probably won't resign,” Gaetz said, according to NBC News. "You seem to be very happy failing up over there. But if we didn't have a president that was so addled, you all would be fired.”
War Whore.
My guess is that she knows that Vote fraud will save her.
Liz needs to go, ASAP. Disgusting.
“I heard an interview with Trump recently where he said he appointed Milley out of spite. The generals he had in the White House advised against Milley and Trump just wanted to go against them. He laughed about the whole thing.”
Not a very good reason for appointing someone to arguably the most important position in the military. Just for spite. And the nation suffers for it.
I did a search and absolutely nothing comes up where Trump said that. I believe he’s BS’ing.
The people of Wyoming should apologize to the rest of us for voting for this buffoonish broad.
Why does she still sit on any committees? Why is Kevin McCarthy giving her a platform?
This POS is a traitor
“I did a search and absolutely nothing comes up where Trump said that. I believe he’s BS’ing.”
I never heard that either but couldn’t take the time to fact check. Thank you!
Liz or Daddy must be bought by China. She has gone nuts.
When her term is over, her political career in Wyoming ends. Unfortunately she is a well connected oligarch, and so will land on her feet in some other high position that does not require conservative voter support.
“I heard an interview with Trump recently where he said he appointed Milley out of spite. The generals he had in the White House advised against Milley and Trump just wanted to go against them. He laughed about the whole thing.”
oh, great! Now I feel so much better about my vote for Trump. Not. Hopefully you are lying.
My guess is Trump did no due diligence and simply “liked” Milley in an interview. Milley, a career ass kisser, knew how to play to Trump’s ego. The interview was probably 50 minutes of Trump bragging about all he had accomplished while Milley smiled and nodded. The other 10 minutes was Milley telling Trump how wonderful Trump is.
Trump was terrible at hiring people. He used his gut which was almost always wrong. Trump is the guy who hired the sleaze lawyer Michael Cohen as his personal attorney. If a New York billionaire couldn’t vet a decent personal attorney for his business, how could he possibly identify an outstanding general to lead the Joint Chiefs?
“Trump was terrible at hiring people. He used his gut which was almost always wrong.”
But also someone had to recommend Gen. Milley to Trump in the first place. I’ve read here several times that it was Hannity who recommended to Trump he appoint Bolton as his NSA. Hannity isn’t the person one would seek advice from or accept advice from in such matters.
I agree with you that Trump was terrible at hiring and I’ll also say he was not very good at finding and listening to quality, competent advisors.
Wow, she is all in on the treason train.
Liz just keeps digger herself deeper into the Stupid Pool!
Basically what she’s implying is that she and her kind i.e. Romney are the real republicans that represent the GOP and not them.
Liz W…..I guess she believes there are a lot more squishy Republicans than MAGA Republicans. Why would anyone want to back the weak?
You are right. You are reading between the eyes and understand the real message she’s sending out to the country. She’s saying that as a real representative of the Republican Party she feels it necessary that she (an authentic Republican) apologize for those (Conservatives) who do not represent the majority of Republicans. It’s more about that than it is about Gen. Milley.
A horrible disease?
There’s always Covid...
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