Democratic members of Congress trolled their GOP colleagues on Twitter after Consultant Liz Cheney, a Wyoming Republican, mentioned Thursday night that a number of right-wing lawmakers requested former President Donald Trump for pardons as a result of their alleged actions related to the January 6, 2021, riot on the U.S. Capitol.

Cheney made the remarks in the course of the first televised prime-time public listening to of the January 6 Home choose committee, of which the Wyoming Republican serves because the vice chair. The GOP congresswoman, who's one in all Trump's harshest critics, particularly referred to as out Republican Consultant Scott Perry of Pennsylvania.

"As you will notice, Consultant Perry contacted the White Home within the weeks after January 6 to hunt a presidential pardon. A number of different Republican congressmen additionally sought presidential pardons for his or her roles in making an attempt to overturn the 2020 election," Cheney mentioned, previewing what the January 6 committee hearings would reveal.

A lot of Democratic lawmakers seized on the "a number of different Republican congressmen" remark and commenced trolling GOP lawmakers over the allegation. Some even floated the names of particular colleagues who they believed could have requested Trump for clemency.

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Consultant Liz Cheney, a Wyoming Republican, referred to as out GOP lawmakers in the course of the first prime-time public listening to of the Home choose committee investigating the January 6, 2021, assault in opposition to the U.S. Capitol. Above, Cheney, the vice chair of the committee, delivers remarks on Thursday, June 9, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C.Win McNamee/Getty Photos

"Was it Clyde? Gosar? Gaetz? Jordan? Boebert? Greene? Others? Please remind us @HouseGOP - which of your present sitting members sought pardons after the assault? Along with @RepScottPerry after all," Consultant Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a New York Democrat, tweeted on Thursday night. She requested whether or not Representatives Andrew Clyde of Georgia, Paul Gosar of Arizona, Matt Gaetz of Florida, Jim Jordan of Ohio, Lauren Boebert of Colorado and Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia could have sought clemency.

Senator Brian Schatz, a Hawaii Democrat, steered lawmakers ought to weigh in on whether or not they'd requested for a pardon. Schatz tweeted: "Okay I'll begin. I did not ask for a pardon."

Consultant Gerry Connolly, a Virginia Democrat, retweeted Schatz's submit and weighed in. "I am going to get this ball rolling on the Home aspect. I did not ask for a pardon," Connolly wrote.

"You awake,@HouseGOP?" he requested in a follow-up tweet.

"I did not ask for a pardon. I lived by means of the coup try and all I obtained was a awful COVID an infection," Consultant Bonnie Watson Coleman, a New Jersey Democrat, quipped in a Twitter submit.

"By no means have I ever: requested for a pardon, deliberate an rebellion," Consultant Mark Pocan, a Wisconsin Democrat, wrote in a Friday morning tweet, retweeting Watson Coleman's submit.

Cheney didn't make clear past Perry which different Republican lawmakers allegedly requested Trump for pardons over January 6. The Home choose committee beforehand subpoenaed Perry, together with 4 different sitting GOP lawmakers, for proof. None of them agreed to cooperate.

Perry's spokesperson Jay Ostrich advised Newsweek that Cheney's allegation was "a ridiculous and soulless lie."

CNN reported in January 2021 that GOP Representatives Andy Biggs of Arizona and Mo Brooks of Alabama—who have been each subpoenaed by the choose committee with Perry—and Republican Consultant Paul Gosar of Arizona all sought clemency from Trump within the days following January 6. The previous president in the end declined at hand out the pardons.

Gosar, in line with an October 2021 report from Rolling Stone,promised "blanket pardons" for individuals who straight organized the occasions of January 6 previous to the Capitol assault.

Cheney collectively condemned her Republican colleagues which have continued to align themselves with the previous president in her Thursday night remarks.

"In our nation, we do not swear an oath to a person, or a political celebration. We take our oath to defend the USA Structure. And that oath should imply one thing. Tonight, I say this to my Republican colleagues who're defending the indefensible: There'll come a day when Donald Trump is gone, however your dishonor will stay," the Wyoming consultant mentioned.