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In her first debate against a raft of Republican primary opponents on Thursday night, Rep. Liz Cheney of Wyoming took on her challengers' false claims that the 2020 election was stolen largely by drawing on findings she's helped uncover as a member of the House January 6 committee.
In a debate segment on election integrity, Cheney's main rival — former RNC committeewoman Harriet Hageman, who has the backing of former President Donald Trump and most of the House Republican conference that Cheney once led — cited Dinesh D'Souza's widely-debunked "2000 Mules movie."
Hageman went on to say that "Zuckerberg money" had allowed a "private individual to capture our county clerks" which was "devastating in our swing states."
Responding to Hageman's claims, Cheney touted her own support for voter ID laws while going on the attack.
"I also know that the truth matters, and the claims that Mrs. Hageman is making about the 2020 election are the same claims for which the President's lead lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, was disbarred," said Cheney. "They're the same claims for which Sidney Powell has had her law license suspended."
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