Trump's Critics Face Wrath of GOP Base
We ran the numbers: There are 2221 news articles covering this topic. 32% (710) are left leaning, 58% (1287) are center, and 10% (224) are right leaning.
On Monday, former President Trump and Republican Representative Liz Cheney tangled once again, as she said her party cannot accept the “poison” of the idea that the 2020 election was stolen. While left-leaning articles highlight that Cheney said that her party cannot “whitewash” the January 6 Capitol riot and Donald Trump’s role in fomenting it, right-leaning articles highlight that Trump sent a statement through his Save America PAC attempting to redefine the phrase “the big lie.”
A left-leaning article by CNN highlights that Cheney said that her party cannot “whitewash” the January 6 Capitol riot and Donald Trump’s role in fomenting it. Cheney also called the Constitution “our shield.”
The Hill published a centrist article reporting that Cheney voted for Trump’s impeachment and has become his most persistent foe among GOP officeholders. Meanwhile, leaders who had hit out at Trump earlier this year have muted their criticisms.
A right-leaning article by The Washington Examiner highlights that less than an hour before Cheney’s statement, Trump sent a statement through his Save America PAC attempting to redefine the phrase “the big lie,” which was previously used to describe Nazi propaganda that critics of Trump appropriated. Cheney’s continued criticism of Trump has irked some powerful members of her own party.