Liz Cheney: Republicans 'Looking the Other Way' on Capitol Attack

Rep. Liz Cheney on Thursday said that "too many" Republicans are "looking the other way" when it comes to the Jan. 6, 2021 Capitol attack, and decried "attempts to minimize what happened."

The Wyoming Republican told NBC’s "Today" show in an interview that "the threat continues. Former President [Donald] Trump continues to make the same claims that he knows caused violence on Jan. 6.

"And it's very important, if you look at what's happening today in my party, the Republican party, rather than reject what happened on [January] 6th, reject the lies about the election and make clear that a president who engaged in those activities can never be president again, unfortunately too many in my own party are embracing that former president, are looking the other way, are minimizing the danger. That's how democracies die, and we simply cannot let that happen."