Republican Rep. Liz Cheney says her party is still divided on whether it is the party of former President Donald Trump or not.
Cheney, a representative from Wyoming, said in an interview that will air Sunday that there “is absolutely a cult of personality around Donald Trump” in her party, CBS News reported.
“We have too many people now in the Republican Party who are not taking their responsibilities seriously, and who have pledged their allegiance and loyalty to Donald Trump,” she said in the interview, according to an excerpt.
“I mean, it is fundamentally antithetical, it is contrary to everything conservatives believe, to embrace a personality cult. And yet, that is what so many in my party are doing today,” she added.
Cheney, who was one of 10 Republicans who voted to impeach the former president, has clashed publicly with Trump and is the vice-chair of the House Select Committee investigating the U.S. Capitol riot.
Hundreds of people from across the country have been arrested in connection with the violent protest which sought to overturn the outcome of the 2020 presidential election
Former President Trump has repeatedly said without evidence he thought the election was illegitimate and that widespread voter fraud resulted in President Joe Biden receiving more votes than any presidential candidate in U.S. history.