Buzz: Liz Cheney says include pro-Trump media in Jan. 6 investigation

If House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s Jan. 6 “commission” ever begins work probing the causes and effect of the pro-Trump riots, the role of media “perpetuating” the former president’s claim of election theft should also be included, according to a GOP proponent.

Said embattled Rep. Liz Cheney, “I think that, you know, any media organization that was perpetuating the notion — continues to perpetuate the notion — that the election was fraudulent or was stolen is contributing to a very dangerous set of circumstances.”

In a speech mostly focused on foreign policy, she told the Ronald Reagan Institute this week, “I think we, the American people, need to know the truth about what happened.”

And while she endorsed the commission to investigate the riots that ultimately led to former President Donald Trump’s second impeachment, which Cheney voted for, she rejected Pelosi’s plan to make it a partisan group. Instead, she said it should be set up like the 9/11 Commission, which was equally divided between Democrats and Republicans. …

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