GOP Rep. Tom Rice: Liz Cheney Would Make a ‘Great’ Speaker — She Is a ‘Real Republican’
Pam Key 5 Jun 2022
Representative Tom Rice (R-SC) said Sunday on ABC’s “This Week” that if the Republicans take the majority in Congress, Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) would make a “great” Speaker of the House.
Rice was one of the ten Republican lawmakers who voted to impeach then-President Donald Trump.
Partial transcript as follows:
RICE: Defending the Constitution is a bedrock of the Republican platform, right? Defend the Constitution. And that’s what I did. That was the conservative vote. But if that —
KARL: Impeachment was the conservative vote.
RICE: Absolutely, it was the conservative vote. There’s no question in my mind.
KARL (voice over): Rice says he is disappointed Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy embraced Trump after January 6th.
KARL (on camera): If the Republicans win back the House, do you think McCarthy should be speaker?
RICE: I’m not going answer that one right now. Yes, we’ll see. We’ll see what happens.
KARL: And – and what about Liz Cheney? Do you think she –
RICE: I think she’d be a great speaker.
KARL: Really?
RICE: Yes, I do. I think she’s a real Republican. I think she is very conservative. And I think she’s a fearless leader.
KARL (voice over): He hopes voters will focus on one than one vote to impeach.
KARL (on camera): But you may now lose your seat.
RICE: Well, I hope that I don’t. I’m so — I’m so proud of what I’ve gotten done for my district.
KARL: If you lose, is it going to be worth it?
RICE: Sure, it will be worth it. Absolutely.
KARL: Your obituary, the first sentence, is going to “Tom Rice, who was a Republican member of Congress, voted to impeach Donald Trump.”
RICE: So be it. I’ll wear it like a badge. So be it.
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2022/06/05/gop-rep-tom-rice-liz-cheney-would-make-a-great-speaker-she-is-a-real-republican/
