Washington – Wyoming Congresswoman and House GOP Conference Chair Liz Cheney (R-WY) joined “The Daily Briefing With Dana Perino” on Tuesday to discuss the Democrats’ decision to file articles of impeachment and the 150th anniversary of Wyoming granting women the right to vote. For videos and transcript excerpts, please see below:

DANA PERINO: Joining me now is Wyoming Congresswoman Liz Cheney, she’s Chair of the Republican Conference. It’s very good to have you on the show. We have a lot to talk about today. Let’s first just talk about your initial reaction about their decision today and the speed with which the Democrats went from the hearing yesterday to announcing, by about 8:00 p.m. last night, that they would announce these articles of impeachment today.

REP. CHENEY: Well it’s absolutely ridiculous, Dana. I think that what you’ve got is very clearly a situation where Speaker Pelosi, the Democrats see the support for impeachment draining away from them, where they’re doing everything they can to rush this through. It’s completely irresponsible and look, I think no self-respecting elected official representing the American people would be in a position where they are putting themselves in support of these impeachment articles. It’s a system and a process like we’ve never seen before and it’s really disgraceful.

PERINO: Have you been watching how some of the Democrats seem mystified that the Republicans are united and they’re frustrated and they just can’t believe that the Republicans are so united. You know, you run the Conference, you are the leader of making sure that everybody is on message. It’s been pretty interesting to see how all the Republicans seem to be absolutely on the same page.

REP. CHENEY: Look Dana, it is absolutely the case that the Democrats, they have not proven their case and they haven’t proven their case that becomes clear again and again and again. They are trying to remove a president from office based on presumptions, not based on facts, not based on evidence. It’s an affront to the Constitution. It’s an affront to their oath of office. I think it shouldn’t surprise anybody that we’re united and frankly I think that Democrats that represent moderate districts, that represent districts particularly that President Trump won, are very nervous and very scared.

PERINO: Is that why you have these ten-to-twelve Democrats that are basically, like Josh Gottheimer, a Democrat from New Jersey, suggesting censure instead?

REP. CHENEY: Yeah, I think they’re running scared, and I think it explains why the Speaker is rushing this, why she is conducting this in a way that is absolutely unprecedented. I mean the fact that Chairman Schiff did not show up at the hearings to present his own report is just appalling. I think the American people all over the country are watching this on television. They’re disgusted with it, they’re fed up with it. Nothing is getting done here that needs to be done, and the Democrats are fundamentally violating their oath of office, their responsibility to the Constitution, and to the people who sent us here by conducting this process in a way that is partisan and that is ramming things though and, frankly, putting their own members at risk.

DANA PERINO: Let’s talk about something pretty exciting, an anniversary that is worth celebrating, Wyoming marked its 150 years of women’s suffrage. Wyoming, the state, of course, where I was born and where you represent, that is quite remarkable that it was the first state to give women the right to vote.

REP. LIZ CHENEY: It’s really is a special thing. Today is the day, it was on December 10, 1869, our territorial legislature passed the Act giving women the right to vote and to run for and hold office. When Wyoming was going to become a state in 1890, senators in Washington said, “We won’t let you in unless you say women can’t have suffrage anymore.” And our legislature said, “We’ll stay out of the Union for a hundred years rather than come in without our women.” So we’re very proud of Wyoming as a trailblazer, as the first in the country to make sure women had the right to vote and run for office.

DANA PERINO: Absolutely, and my grandparents arrived in Wyoming I think in 1888, so just before all of that happened. Congresswoman Liz Cheney, a pleasure to have you on the show. Thank you.

REP. CHENEY: Thanks, Dana. Great to be with you.