Liz Cheney Warns U.S. Democracy Could Unravel

Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) told CBS News that there was an “extremely broad” and “extremely well-organized” conspiracy by then-President Donald Trump and his allies to overturn the results of the 2020 election — and that the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol was just one instance in “an ongoing threat” to democracy.

Said Cheney: “We are not in a situation where former president Trump has expressed any sense of remorse about what happened. We are, in fact, in a situation where he continues to use even more extreme language, frankly, than the language that caused the attack.”

She added: “And so, people must pay attention. People must watch, and they must understand how easily our democratic system can unravel if we don’t defend it.”