![]() But it sounds strikingly like the QAnon theme song. ![]() Trump played at the conservative meeting CPAC and posted on his social media site, Truth Social. Trump said the song played at the rally was called “Mirrors,” and it was selected for use in a video that Mr. It was the first time in the memory of some Trump aides that such a display had occurred at one of his rallies.Īides to Mr. Trump spoke, scores of people in the crowd raised fingers in the air in an apparent reference to the “1” in what they thought was the song’s title. Trump delivered a dark address about the decline of America over music that was all but identical to a song called “Wwg1wga” - an abbreviation for the QAnon slogan, “Where we go one, we go all.”Īs Mr. Vance, whom he has endorsed as Ohio’s Republican nominee for the Senate, Mr. While speaking in Youngstown in support of J.D. Trump appeared to more fully embrace QAnon on Saturday, playing a song at a political rally in Ohio that prompted attendees to respond with a salute in reference to the cultlike conspiracy theory’s theme song. Liz Cheney said that her father offered her a piece of advice on New Year’s Day this year: “‘Defend the republic, daughter.’ And I will,” she said.Former President Donald J. He called the former president a coward and the greatest “threat to our republic” in history in a campaign ad supporting his daughter’s primary run. “At every single moment, when our time of testing came and Kevin had to make a decision … he’s made the politically easy-for-him, or the politically expedient, decision instead of what the country needed,” she said.īut Cheney didn’t give up hope in her party, saying: “I think we have to have a Republican Party that can be trusted to fight for” issues such as limited government and strong national security.Ĭheney’s father, former Vice President Dick Cheney, is another vocal opponent of Trump. Cheney also flatly said she does not believe House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy should ever become Speaker of the House, which would put him second in line to the presidency behind the vice president. Her criticisms aren’t limited to the former president. When asked if she would like Trump to testify before the committee, she paused for a moment before offering the following: “Any interaction that Donald Trump has with the committee will be under oath and subject to penalty of perjury.” She said next week’s hearing is unlikely to be the committee’s last, despite committee Chair Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., suggesting the opposite earlier this week. The committee is gearing up to wrap up its work in the coming weeks and is slated to meet this Wednesday for another public hearing, offering no details about what will be discussed then. “And just set the politics aside for a minute and think to yourself, ‘What kind of human being does that?’” “While leaders in Congress were begging him, ‘Please, tell the mob to go home,’ Donald Trump wouldn't,” Cheney said. ![]() “It was a multipart plan that he oversaw, he was involved in personally and directly. “One of the things that has surprised me the most about my work on this committee is how sophisticated the plan was that Donald Trump was involved in and oversaw every step of the way,” Cheney said. She did not say whether the committee would decide in favor of a criminal prosecution. She said without equivocation that any decision by the investigating committee about whether there should be criminal prosecution would be unanimous across the seven Democrats and two Republicans. Marjorie Taylor Greene, Lauren Boebert and Jim Jordan.Ĭheney excoriated Trump for his failure to call off rioters at the U.S. But she warned a House Republican majority would give outsized power to members who have been staunch allies of the former president and his efforts to keep the White House, including U.S. “And if he is the nominee, I won't be a Republican.”Ĭheney maintained that she is an ardent conservative on policy issues, voting in near lockstep with Trump’s legislative agenda when he was in office. ![]() “I'm going to make sure Donald Trump, make sure he's not the nominee,” Cheney said. But she said she would no longer be a Republican if Trump gets the party’s nomination in 2024.
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