Cheney Claims Trump Said Pence ‘Deserved’ to Be Hanged on January 6

Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) claimed former President Donald Trump said January 6 rioters had the “right idea” when they chanted, ‘Hang 👤Mike Pence.'”

During the first House select committee hearing on the attack Thursday, Cheney said, “Over a series of hearings in the coming weeks you will hear testimony, live and on video, from more than half a dozen former White House staff in the Trump administration, all of whom were in the West Wing of the White House on January 6.”

She added, “You will hear testimony that ‘the president did not really want to put anything out’ calling off the riot or asking his supporters to leave. You will hear that President Trump was yelling and ‘really angry’ at advisors who told him he needed to be doing something more.”

Cheney continued, “Aware of the rioters chants to ‘hang 👤Mike Pence’, the president responded with this sentiment: ‘Maybe our supporters have the right idea’. 👤Mike Pence ‘deserves it.'”

Watch her remarks below:

It was reported that the remark abut Trump’s reaction to the Pence chants prompted gasps.