'A lie': Right-wing GOPer blasted by Cheney for saying leaders backed Trump after Jan. 6

Among the things former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) points out in her new book, "Oath and Honor," is that she does not trust Georgia's right wing Rep. Andrew Clyde (R-GA).

After the attack on the Capitol, on Jan. 6, 2021, Republican caucus members met to discuss next steps. Some were behind impeaching Donald Trump, she said. All agreed that his actions were wrong and unacceptable.

Cheney writes that after the meeting with the top Republican caucus leadership, Rep. Clyde sent out notes to the other Republican caucus members about the discussion. Clyde claimed that “there was majority agreement that the President did not incite this violence…”

"That was a lie," writes Cheney. "I sent Clyde’s message to Kevin [McCarthy (R-CA)] and Steve [Scalise (R-LA)]. They both responded immediately."

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McCarthy asked, “He sent this to all of them? This isn’t what I heard or said.”

Scalise called it “completely inaccurate and [doesn’t] represent what we discussed.”

McCarthy told Cheney he instructed Clyde to issue a correction, and the following morning, Clyde removed the sentence, sending it again.

"We had learned a lesson: We could not trust Andrew Clyde to be honest. A few months later, Clyde — who had been photographed trying to help barricade the doors on January 6 to stop the violent mob from invading the House chamber — said the day had looked just like 'a normal tourist visit.'"

Clyde is now pushing a bill that would defund all prosecutors who have charged Trump with crimes.

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