Fox News Anchor Wonders โ€˜Whoโ€™s Rightโ€™ on the โ€˜Big Lieโ€™โ€”Cheney or Trump?

Fox NewsWhat is the โ€œBig Lieโ€? Is it a former president and his allies claiming widespread voter fraud and a โ€œstolenโ€ election? Or is it a Republican congresswoman calling those lies the โ€œBig Lieโ€? Whoโ€™s to say, suggests one Fox News anchor, whose ostensible job it is to report the news.During Thursdayโ€™s broadcast of America Reportsโ€”one of Fox Newsโ€™ โ€œstraight newsโ€ programsโ€”anchor John Roberts ended an interview with Rep. Kevin Brady (R-TX) by deploying a high-grade bothsidesism to ask him about House Republicansโ€™ push to oust Rep. Liz Cheney. The Wyoming lawmaker is at risk of being forced from her leadership position because she insists on calling out former president Donald Trumpโ€™s lies about the 2020 presidential election.Noting that Cheney survived an attempt to vote her out earlier this year, Roberts pointed out that Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY)โ€”a staunch Trump ally who supported his push to overturn last yearโ€™s electionโ€”has the inside track to supplant Cheney.Brady, for his part, attempted to thread the needle and offer up some praise for Cheney, claiming she is a โ€œfierce conservativeโ€ who has gained a โ€œgreat deal of respectโ€ over her โ€œvote of conscienceโ€ on impeachment. (Cheney was one of only 10 House Republicans who voted to impeach former President Donald Trump for inciting the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection.)The Fox anchor then decided to frame Trumpโ€™s outright lies about widespread voter fraud as merely a โ€œsharp disagreementโ€ with Cheney, suggesting this GOP feud is an unsettled issue that is still up for debate.โ€œTrump says the โ€˜Big Lieโ€™ was the result of the 2020 election. Liz Cheney says, no, the โ€˜Big Lieโ€™ was suggesting the 2020 election was stolen. Between the two of them, who is right?โ€ Roberts asked the Texas congressman, who is retiring after this term.โ€œIโ€™ll leave that dispute to them,โ€ Brady said, prompting a chuckle from Roberts.This was not the first time the Fox anchor has framed Trumpโ€™s baseless election claims as nothing more than a difference of opinion between the ex-president and the Liz Cheneys of his own party.Earlier this week, during an interview with Sen. John Barrasso (R-WY), Roberts brought up Trumpโ€™s claim that the โ€œfraudulentโ€ election will now be known as the โ€œBig Lieโ€ before contrasting it with Cheneyโ€™s response that the โ€œ2020 election was not stolenโ€ and the โ€œBig Lieโ€ was the act of deploying those falsehoods.โ€œWho of the two of them is right?โ€ Roberts wondered aloud.After Barrasso didnโ€™t directly answer the questionโ€”instead stating that Biden is in the White House and the election was verifiedโ€”Roberts again asked: โ€œWas the 2020 election stolen or was it fought fairly?โ€ Fox News viewers may never know.Read more at The Daily Beast.Get our top stories in your inbox every day. Sign up now!Daily Beast Membership: Beast Inside goes deeper on the stories that matter to you. Learn more.

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