{"id":2123802,"date":"2023-12-13T11:53:02","date_gmt":"2023-12-13T16:53:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cheney-and-colbert-clash-on-the-late-show-you-and-i-are-just-not-going-to-agree\/"},"modified":"2023-12-13T11:55:42","modified_gmt":"2023-12-13T16:55:42","slug":"cheney-and-colbert-clash-on-the-late-show-you-and-i-are-just-not-going-to-agree","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cheney-and-colbert-clash-on-the-late-show-you-and-i-are-just-not-going-to-agree\/","title":{"rendered":"Cheney and Colbert disagree on &#8216;The Late Show&#8217;: No common ground"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcheney-and-colbert-clash-on-the-late-show-you-and-i-are-just-not-going-to-agree%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2123802&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Cheney and Colbert Clash on \u2063&#8217;The Late\u2062 Show&#8217;: &#8216;You \u200cand\u2064 I Are Just Not Going to Agree&#8217;<\/h2>\n<p>Former Republican congresswoman Liz \u2062Cheney has finally found herself disagreeing with a Democrat.<\/p>\n<p>Appearing on \u201cThe Late Show with \u200cStephen Colbert\u201d on\u2064 Monday, \u2064Cheney and her host initially found \u2062common ground over the question of the \u2062supposed threat posed to\u2063 American democracy by former President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m\u200c just curious \u2064if you\u2019ve done \u200cany self-examination of \u200byour party\u2019s leadership over\u200b the last 20 years as to why he is not\u2063 an aberration, but rather an avatar,\u201d Colbert asked.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Cheney said\u2064 Trump \u200c\u201cpreyed\u201d on \u201cpatriotism.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cI mean, look, I think what Donald\u200d Trump has done is, first of all, he tapped into a\u200b sense among a\u200c lot of people in \u200dthis country that \u2062their\u200c voice isn\u2019t heard,\u201d she \u200csaid. \u201cBut he then\u2063 lied to\u200c them\u2063 and \u2064he preyed on their \u2064patriotism and told\u200b them, \u2018You know what? I\u2019ll speak for you.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Cheney later concurred with Colbert\u2019s view that\u2063 Trump\u2019s attacks on the establishment media were a \u201cvery fascist thing to do.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cLook, there\u2019s \u2064no question that he\u2019s using a fascist playbook,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>However, the pair found less <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/a-woke-worldview-splinters-churches-and-accommodates-sin-rev-franklin-graham\/\" title=\"Rev. Franklin Graham believes that a woke worldview divides churches and tolerates sin.\">common\u2062 ground<\/a> over the question of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/chuck-schumer-forced-admit-spike-<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/things-that-donald-trump-did-not-do\/\" title=\"Things That Donald Trump Did Not Do\">anti-semitism<\/a>-america-coming-left\/&#8221; target=&#8221;_blank&#8221; rel=&#8221;noopener&#8221;>left-wing\u2062 anti-Semitism<\/a> amid the ongoing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/video-israel-wipes-hamas-commander-helped-orchestrate-oct-7-massacre-idf-reports\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">war<\/a> \u200d between Israel and the terrorist \u200dgroup\u2064 Hamas in Gaza,\u200c as well as the alleged sins\u200c of\u2064 the Republican Party as a\u2064 whole.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThe left has a \u2062huge problem\u200d with anti-Semitism. And \u2064what we\u2019re \u2064seeing\u2062 on our \u200buniversity campuses, for example, and the unwillingness to stand against it,\u201d\u2063 she said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>Did Liz Cheney deserve her defeat in\u2063 the Wyoming \u200bRepublican primary?<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Yes<\/li>\n<li>No<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u201cI would agree that anti-Semitism is a disease that runs across all cultural boundaries, not only the United States, but \u200bacross\u200b the world,\u201d Colbert said. \u2063\u201cWhat I mean by, say, undermining \u200dthe\u2062 media is \u2026 undercutting,\u200b sort of like\u2062 roughing\u200b up the referee was a\u200b project of the right for the last 20 years or\u2063 undermining public institutions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s really important in\u2063 my\u200b view that we not sort of slide into saying everything the Republicans\u2064 have ever done,\u200b you know, is somehow \u2062the\u2063 same as what Donald Trump is doing,\u201d Cheney argued.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m not saying \u2018everything,&#8217;\u201d said Colbert. \u201cI\u2019m saying those\u2064 are breadcrumbs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou and \u2063I are\u200d just not going to agree on that,\u201d she responded.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know we\u2019re not going to\u200c agree, but do you understand why I\u2019m asking that question?\u201d said\u2062 Colbert.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYeah, but I think \u2063you should let \u2063me \u2062answer it,\u201d \u2062she replied.<\/p>\n<p>Cheney, who \u2064was ousted from \u200dher Wyoming congressional seat after losing\u200c a Republican \u200cprimary race to now-Rep. Harriet Haberman, went on to say that \u2062she feels \u200da \u201cduty\u201d to stand up to the GOP\u2019s current leadership \u2014 and Trump\u2019s influence.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think the Republican Party has, people who have been in the \u200dparty, have a particular duty\u2062 to stand against where we\u2062 are today. And I also think we all \u2063have\u2064 to recognize using a fascist playbook,\u201d she continued.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI mean, I don\u2019t disagree \u200bwith what you\u2019re saying,\u201d \u2062she continued.<\/p>\n<p>The interview took place as part of Cheney\u2019s\u2062 tour for\u2062 her latest \u200bbook \u201cOath and Honor,\u201d which discusses Cheney\u2019s views of the Capitol incursion \u200cof \u2064Jan.\u200d 6, 2020,\u200d according to publisher <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hachettebookgroup.com\/titles\/liz-cheney\/oath-and-honor\/9780316572064\/?lens=little-brown\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hachette<\/a>.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>The \u200bpost <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/cheney-colbert-clash-late-show-just-not-going-agree\/\">Cheney \u200band Colbert Clash \u200bon &#8216;The Late Show&#8217;: &#8216;You and I Are Just Not\u200b Going to Agree&#8217;<\/a> \u200bappeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> How did Cheney and Colbert&#8217;s views differ on left-wing \u200canti-Semitism\u2064 and\u200b the ongoing conflict \u2063between Israel and Hamas?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Cheney and Colbert Clash\u2064 on \u2063&#8217;The Late\u2062 Show&#8217;: &#8216;You\u200d \u200cand\u2064 I Are Just Not Going to Agree&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Former Republican congresswoman Liz \u2062Cheney made an appearance on\u200b &#8220;The Late Show with \u200cStephen Colbert&#8221; \u200bon\u2064 \u200bMonday, where she found \u2064herself at odds with the host on \u2063certain issues. Initially, Cheney and Colbert found \u2062common ground when discussing the supposed \u2062threat posed to\u2063 American democracy \u2062by former\u2064 President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<p>Colbert questioned Cheney about her party&#8217;s leadership over the past 20 years,\u2064 wondering why Trump\u200c was \u200dnot an aberration but rather an avatar of the party. Cheney responded\u2064 by stating that Trump &#8220;preyed&#8221;\u200c on patriotism and lied to the American\u2063 people,\u2062 claiming he \u2064would speak for \u2063them.<\/p>\n<p>The conversation took a\u200d turn when\u200d discussing Trump&#8217;s attacks on the establishment media. Cheney agreed with\u200d Colbert \u2062that these attacks were reminiscent of fascist tactics. She acknowledged\u200d that Trump was using a fascist playbook.<\/p>\n<p>However, their \u200bagreement on this issue\u200c did not extend to \u200cleft-wing\u2062 anti-Semitism or the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas in Gaza. Cheney expressed her \u2062belief\u200c that the left has\u200d a significant problem with anti-Semitism, particularly on university campuses, and criticized the \u200dunwillingness to \u200dstand against it.<\/p>\n<p>The clash \u2062between Cheney and Colbert revealed their \u200cdisagreement on these topics. They found\u200c less <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/this-was-in-fact-a-victory-inside-an-ivy-league-student-groups-private-response-to-hamass-october-attack\/\" title=\"'This Was In Fact a Victory': Inside an Ivy League Student Group's Private Response to Hamas's October Attack\">common\u2062 \u2063ground<\/a> when discussing\u200b left-wing anti-Semitism \u200cand the alleged sins of the Republican Party as a\u2064 whole.<\/p>\n<p>The article concludes by posing the question of whether Liz Cheney deserved her defeat in\u2063 the Wyoming \u2063Republican primary. The answer to\u2062 this question is subjective and can vary depending on\u200b individual perspectives.<\/p>\n<p>Overall,\u2063 the conversation between Cheney and Colbert showcased their differing views on various issues, highlighting\u200b the divergence between their political ideologies. Despite <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-un-pick-urges-continued-u-s-presence-in-chinese-led-panels\/\" title=\"Biden\u2019s UN pick urges continued U.S. presence in Chinese-led panels\">finding common ground<\/a> on certain topics, their disagreement on others demonstrated that they were unable \u200cto come \u2064to\u200c a consensus.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former GOP congresswoman Liz Cheney recently expressed disagreement with a Democrat for the first time. During her appearance on &#8220;The Late Show with Stephen Colbert,&#8221; Cheney and Colbert initially agreed on the perceived threat to American democracy from ex-President Donald Trump. Colbert referred to Trump as a potential &#8220;fascist dictator.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2195,"featured_media":2123803,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[548],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2123802","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conservative-news-daily"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2123802","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2195"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2123802"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2123802\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2123803"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2123802"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2123802"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2123802"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}