Liz Cheney says her VP father Dick is 'deeply troubled' with the Republican party and has been a 'source of wisdom' amid backlash over her choosing to sit on the Jan 6 committee

Wyoming Republican Rep. Liz Cheney said that her father, former Vice President Dick Cheney, is 'deeply troubled' by the current state of the GOP as she made her case for a riot commission to study Jan. 6.

 'My dad is deeply troubled about where our party is, deeply troubled about where the country is,'  Cheney said at an event hosted by the Aspen Institute. 

She called the President George W. Bush's second-in-command, now 80, a 'tremendous source of advice and guidance and wisdom for me.' 

Cheney said her father had taught her the importance of 'having the courage of my convictions.' 

Dick Cheney was once a leader of the Republican Party and is widely believed to be one of the most powerful vice presidents of all time. 

Rep. Liz Cheney, pictured above, emphasized at an Aspen Institute even on Wednesday the importance of a Capitol riot commission 

Former VP Dick Cheney, pictured above, is said by his daughter to be 'deeply concerned' by the state of the Republican Party

Cheney is one of two Republicans with Rep. Adam Kinzinger, Ill., on the House select committee to investigate the Capitol riot.  

Cheney said that when 'you look at the response of my party in the days and weeks and now months afterwards, it's very clear that there are some people who are willing to accept what I think was a line that can never be crossed.' 

The Wyoming Republican lost her no. 3 leadership spot due to her persistent criticisms of former President Trump and his claims that the 2020 election was stolen from him. Cheney voted for Trump in 2020 and voted with him 92.6 percent of the time.  

 'I think there is a lot we don't already know,' she said of Jan. 6. 'We don't know minute by minute what was going on that day. We don't know, for example, what were the discussions that were going on with the Pentagon.' 

Cheney said the committee would need to issue subpoenas 'quickly,' and would need to 'be prepared to enforce those subpoenas.' 

 House Minority Leader Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., has been critical of Cheney and Kinzinger for accepting a spot on the commission, deeming them 'Pelosi Republicans.'

Kinzinger, for his part, has said he would be open to issuing a subpoena to McCarthy.

The committee held its first hearing last week, where Cheney focused her attacks on the former president's role in the fateful day. She said the committee needed to understand 'what happened every minute of that day in the White House.' 

'Every phone call, every conversation, every meeting leading up to, during and after the attack,' Cheney added. 

Cheney assumed office in 2017 and has said she will seek reelection in 2022, and will face a number of primary challengers.