“You’ve heard him say the chant was inappropriate. We’ve all said the chant was inappropriate, but I think the news media really wants to make this about race. … This isn’t about race. It’s not about gender. It’s not about religion,” Cheney, the No. 3 Republican in the House, said on CBS’s “Face the Nation.”

“These members of the House of Representatives — it’s not just these four — fundamentally believe in policies that are dangerous for this nation, and as Republicans we’re going to fight against those,” she added.