Former president Donald Trump Called a representative Liz Cheney A day after “threat to free and fair elections,” the Wyoming congresswoman criticized him for repeatedly making false statements about the 2020 election.
Cheney condemned Trump in a speech in New Hampshire on Tuesday and lamented some of her colleagues Republicans By supporting unsubstantiated assertions of large-scale fraud, they have become “hostages of this dangerous and irrational man.” Trump responded on Wednesday, falsely claiming that there was “evidence of fraud and irregularities” in the election, and lashing out at Cheney for “subduing so easily on the crimes of the century.”
“Wyoming has a 19% approval rate, and people are wise to Liz Cheney,” Trump said in a statement. statement“She poses a threat to free and fair elections, the cornerstone of our country, because she succumbed so easily in the crime of the century.”
“Democratic Party Liz Cheney will never be tolerated in their ranks,” he added. “If we had a free and fair media instead of a corrupt media, those election results would never happen. The evidence of violations and fraud is huge! “
Sean Rayford/Getty
Trump also admonished Cheney to serve as the vice chairman of what he called a “non-select committee,” referring to the House Select Committee investigating the January 6 attack on the Capitol.Cheney and Illinois State Representative Adam KinsingerBoth voted to impeach Trump because he incited riots in the Capitol before leaving office, and they were the only Republicans to participate in the committee.
The former president said Cheney was “less popular than her father,” and former vice president Dick Cheney.Trump stated that Dick Cheney “just lost his status as the most unpopular vice president in American history”, making him the current vice president Kamala Harris.
Despite being a target of Trump and his supporters, Cheney has consistently criticized the former president since he condemned his actions on January 6 and voted for his second impeachment. Cheney’s opposition to Trump resulted in her being forced to resign as chairman of the House Republican meeting in May.
In a speech at the School of Political Science at St. Anselm College in New Hampshire on Tuesday, Cheney described Trump’s campaign statement as a “domestic threat that we have never faced” and believed that he was “trying to unlock our constitutional republic. Base. “
“Political leaders who remain silent in the face of these false and dangerous claims are helping a former president who is at war with the rule of law and the constitution,” Cheney said. “When our constitutional order is threatened, as it is now, transcending partisan prejudices is more than just a desire. It is an obligation, an obligation for each of us.”
Weekly newspaper Contact Cheney’s office for comments.
