Kevin Costner is offering an impassioned defense of Liz Cheney, saying the former GOP congresswoman, who bucked her party with her fierce criticism of President-elect Trump, should be applauded.

"I expect people in government to do the right thing. Public service is about public service. It's not about your career. It's not about your ego. Your four years is your four years," the former "Yellowstone" star said in live, town-hall edition on Monday of "The Michael Smerconish Program" on SiriusXM.

"When I think about our country," Costner said, "we have to think about other people."

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