Liz Cheney's would-be successor makes a misguided pitch to the GOP
What does it take to be a Republican leader in 2021? Elise Stefanik is answering the question in painfully embarrassing ways.
BySteve Benen
On Monday morning, Donald Trump declared that, as far as he's concerned, the "Big Lie" would refer forevermore exclusively to the nature of his 2020 defeat. Less than an hour later, House Republican Conference Chair Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) responded, "The 2020 presidential election was not stolen. Anyone who claims it was is spreading THE BIG LIE, turning their back on the rule of law, and poisoning our democratic system."