House Republicans wasted little time following President-elect Trump’s orders to enact his plans for retribution. On Tuesday, the House Administration’s oversight subcommittee released a report saying that Liz Cheney’s communication with January 6 subcommittee witness Cassidy Hutchinson violated the law.
Republicans’ plans come as Trump told NBC’s Meet the Press that he wanted to see members of the January 6 select committee go to jail. Throughout much of Trump’s time as a candidate and president, a common refrain by Republicans was essentially “take him seriously, not literally.” In other words, he doesn’t really mean that. Republicans could then justify their support for his worst impulses to say he really meant he supported their major priorities.
