Rep. Liz Cheney criticizes 'disgraceful' GOP attempts to 'whitewash' Capitol attack

Rep. Liz Cheney talked with "This Week" Co-Anchor Jonathan Karl shortly after the GOP voted to replace her.

Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., said Friday it was "indefensible" that some House Republicans have minimized the Jan. 6 riot and downplayed violence between Capitol Police officers and former President Donald Trump's supporters who attempted to disrupt the congressional count of the 2020 election results. "The notion that this was somehow a tourist event is disgraceful and despicable," Cheney said in an interview with ABC's "This Week" Co-Anchor Jonathan Karl. "I won't be part of whitewashing what happened on Jan. 6. Nobody should be a part of it and people ought to be held accountable." At a Wednesday House hearing, several Republicans dismissed the storming of the U.S. Capitol, which led to the death of five people, including a Capitol Police officer. "It was not an insurrection," said Rep. Andrew Clyde, R-Ga. "If you didn't know that TV footage was a video from (Jan. 6), you would actually think it was a normal tourist visit."