Former No. 3 House Republican Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) recirculated Rep. Elise Stefanikā€™s (R-N.Y.) statement on the Jan. 6 Capitol attack after the current House GOP Conference Chair reportedly deleted it off her website.

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On Saturday morning, Cheney posted on X that she was informed that Stefanik deleted her statement about Jan. 6 where she called for the Jan. 6 perpetrators to be prosecuted ā€œto the fullest extent of the law.ā€ Cheney also shared the screenshot of Stefanikā€™s statement.

In her statement on the Capitol riot, Stefanik characterized the violence as ā€œanti-Americanā€ and called it a ā€œtragic.ā€

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Stefanik has since changed the way she describes those who stormed the Capitol.

During an appearance on NBCā€™s ā€œMeet the Pressā€ in early January, she stated she had ā€œconcerns about the treatment of Jan. 6 hostages.ā€

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      Thereā€™s a limit to how much bullshit people will buy and for how long.

      Itā€™s taking longer than weā€™d like, but the Trumpism of the Republican party has an expiration date. Over time, more and more people bend toward reality.

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        And then theyā€™ll pretend like they didnā€™t support him all along. That he was a ā€œfringeā€ candidate that somehow won the nomination and presidency, but was not a true Republicanā€¦

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            Naw, their go-to plan so far has just been to find someone worse, so that the previous terrible president doesnā€™t look so bad in hindsight.

            The line is going to be ā€œat least he wasnā€™t smart or organized enough to do a successful coupā€ as the next candidate does one.

            Itā€™s the Overton window, and theyā€™ve been pushing it hard since Nixon.

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          Or his reputation will fade and get rehabbed like Reagan and Dubya, especially when the next Republican administration is monstrous in new and terrible ways.

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    This is the best summary I could come up with:


    recirculated Rep. Elise Stefanikā€™s (R-N.Y.) statement on the Jan. 6 Capitol attack after the current House GOP Conference Chair reportedly deleted it off her website.

    After sharing Stefanikā€™s statement, it was deleted from the New York congresswomanā€™s page, which now only displays the ā€œERRORā€ message.

    ā€œI fully condemn the dangerous violence and destruction that occurred today at the United States Capitol.

    Americans have a Constitutional right to protest and freedom of speech, but violence in any form is absolutely unacceptable and anti-American.

    During an appearance on NBCā€™s ā€œMeet the Pressā€ in early January, she stated she had ā€œconcerns about the treatment of Jan. 6 hostages.ā€

    Cheney, who was one of the lawmakers leading the probe into investigating the Capitol attack, recently called Stefanik a ā€œtotal crackpot.ā€ The former Wyoming congresswoman has been a staunch critic of former President Trump and allies who promoted false claims about the 2020 election that President Biden won.


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