{"id":508541,"date":"2021-05-14T16:20:08","date_gmt":"2021-05-14T20:20:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=508541"},"modified":"2021-05-14T16:20:16","modified_gmt":"2021-05-14T20:20:16","slug":"usa-today-editorial-says-republicans-are-bigger-threat-than-9-11-hijackers-after-cheney-ouster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/usa-today-editorial-says-republicans-are-bigger-threat-than-9-11-hijackers-after-cheney-ouster\/","title":{"rendered":"USA Today Editorial Says Republicans Are Bigger Threat Than 9\/11 Hijackers After Cheney Ouster"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/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%2Fusa-today-editorial-says-republicans-are-bigger-threat-than-9-11-hijackers-after-cheney-ouster%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=508541&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--><p>Rep. Liz Cheney\u2019s ouster proved Republicans are a bigger threat than the 9\/11 hijackers who killed thousands of Americans, according to a USA Today editorial.<\/p>\n<p>The removal of <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/05\/12\/gop-republican-party-canceled-liz-cheney-ken-buck\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cheney<\/a> from her leadership position suggests that the GOP has endorsed election fraud conspiracy theories, USA Today editor David Mastio <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/opinion\/voices\/2021\/05\/13\/jan-6th-insurrection-greater-danger-democracy-than-9-11-column\/5057119001\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">wrote<\/a> in a Thursday editorial. Endorsing such conspiracy theories, which allege that President Joe Biden didn\u2019t actually win the election, poses a bigger threat to the U.S. than 9\/11 hijackers ever did, he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe fact that the majority of Republicans believe our election was stolen is a sure sign that more violence is to come,\u201d Mastio wrote, according to USA Today.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter 9\/11, the leaders, financiers and backers of the terrorists had had their one shot at tearing America down,\u201d he said. \u201cTheir only hope was to hide in caves and pray we wouldn\u2019t find them. After Jan. 6, the leaders, financiers and backers of the insurrection feel no such fear.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cheney has been an <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/05\/03\/liz-cheney-donald-trump-election-fraud-claims-big-lie\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">outspoken critic<\/a> of former President Donald Trump and of allegations that the 2020 election was stolen. The Wyoming Republican Party <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/02\/06\/liz-cheney-censured-wyoming-gop-donald-trump-impeachment\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">censured<\/a> Cheney after she <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/01\/13\/10-republicans-voted-impeach-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">voted<\/a> to impeach Trump over his alleged incitement of the <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/05\/13\/first-active-duty-service-member-charged-jan-6-capitol-riot\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Capitol riot<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Republicans <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/05\/12\/liz-cheney-ousted-house-republican-leadership-role\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">voted to oust<\/a> Cheney from her position as conference chair, the third-highest ranking position in the House GOP caucus, on Wednesday. Rep. Elise Stefanick, a <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/05\/13\/trump-chip-roy-elise-stefanik-liz-cheney\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Trump ally<\/a>, was <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/05\/14\/house-republicans-elect-elise-stefanik-conference-chair-liz-cheney\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">elected<\/a> as Cheney\u2019s replacement on Friday. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/05\/14\/house-republicans-elect-elise-stefanik-conference-chair-liz-cheney\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: House Republicans Elect Elise Stefanik As Conference Chair After Ousting Liz Cheney)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7192466\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" readability=\"32\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7192466\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-7192466 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1317987307-scaled-1.jpg\" alt=\"Rep. Elise Stefanik speaks to members of the press on Friday. (Alex Wong\/Getty Images)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1317987307-scaled-1.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1317987307-180x120.jpg 180w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1317987307-620x414-1.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1317987307-768x512-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1317987307-1536x1024-1.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1317987307-2048x1366-1.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-7192466\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rep. Elise Stefanik speaks to members of the press on Friday. (Alex Wong\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Mastio argued that the Jan. 6 riot was violent, politically motivated and could\u2019ve caused much more bloodshed than it did. Because Republicans have decided to double down on the \u201cBig Lie,\u201d or the idea that the election was stolen, they are enabling additional violence, according to Mastio.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis lie is like throwing gasoline on a fire. It guarantees further violence,\u201d Mastio wrote in the editorial. \u201cThe American people are unique. We do not passively accept our fate at the hands of tyrants. If our democracy is being stolen, we will rise up in arms.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf I thought our democracy was being stolen, I\u2019d have joined in support of the broader Jan. 6 protests, if not the violence,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>The attacks on Sept. 11, 2001 <a href=\"https:\/\/healthmatters.nyp.org\/remembering-9-11-the-death-toll-was-too-staggering-to-whisper\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">resulted<\/a> in the deaths of nearly 3,000 Americans. However, Mastio said that alleging the election was rigged is more dangerous than the ideology of the hijackers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes, 9\/11 cost many more lives than Jan. 6 has so far, but comparing the two attacks is reasonable because the Big Lie is more dangerous to our way of life than the 2001 terrorists\u2019 medieval ideology ever was,\u201d Mastio wrote.<\/p>\n<p>There\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2020\/12\/31\/signature-audit-georgias-cobb-county-no-evidence-voter-fraud\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">hasn\u2019t<\/a>\u00a0been any\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/01\/04\/fox-and-friends-brian-kilmeade-steve-doocy-donald-trump-voter-fraud-claims-raffensperger-phone-call-leak\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">evidence<\/a> of widespread voter fraud that swayed the 2020 election. Former Attorney General Bill Barr <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2020\/12\/01\/bill-barr-doj-biden-election-fraud-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">said in December<\/a> that the Department of Justice never found evidence of fraud.<\/p>\n<p>Content created by The Daily Caller News Foundation is available without charge to any eligible news publisher that can provide a large audience. For licensing opportunities of our original content, please contact <a href=\"mailto:licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org\">licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rep. 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