Thread by @scottwongDC

BREAKING: LIZ CHENEY IS A YES ON IMPEACHMENT

CHENEY places blames squarely on TRUMP for 1/6 assault on Capitol:

"The President of the United States summoned this mob, assembled the mob, and lit the flame of this attack. Everything that followed was his doing. None of this would have happened without the President."

CHENEY says it's clear TRUMP could have sent in National Guard to stop the violence and chose not to:

"THERE HAS NEVER BEEN A GREATER BETRAYAL BY A PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF HIS OFFICE AND HIS OATH TO THE CONSTITUTION."

If you've been tracking @RepLizCheney, you know that she had been growing more and more critical of Trump's policies and personal attacks in the past year

1/6 insurrection was the final straw. My story from July:
thehill.com/homenews/house…

Of course it was Liz Cheney's father, former VP Dick Cheney, who organized a letter of the 10 living Defense secretaries calling on Trump not to politicize the military during the transition to Biden administration thehill.com/policy/defense…

You can be absolutely sure Liz Cheney consulted her father, Dick Cheney, on this impeachment decision. He is her closest adviser

STORY: Cheney says she'll vote to impeach Trump @juliegraceb thehill.com/homenews/house…

One more thought on Dick Cheney here. The mob was chanting "Hang Mike Pence! Hang Mike Pence!"

VP Dick Cheney once sat in that same chair as Pence, certifying the election in 2008 for the other party ... for a guy named Barack Obama c-span.org/video/?283204-…

PELOSI ON CHENEY: "Good for her to be honoring the oath of office" ... she wishes more Rs did the same. Per Hill pooler @lukebroadwater