Substitute while the actions of the article are loading
Representative Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) Made a list on Wednesday night of what she considers to be the biggest threats facing the country, ranging from government regulation to inflation. But there is one threat above all else, she warned: former President Donald Trump.
“At the moment, we are facing an internal threat we have never faced before – and this is a former president who is trying to unravel the foundations of our constitutional republic,” said Cheney of the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California. . .
An outspoken critic of Trump, Cheney blamed Republican members, who she said had become “ready hostages to this dangerous and irrational man.” Now, she said, they are faced with a choice.
“Republicans can’t be both loyal to Donald Trump and loyal to the Constitution,” she said.
The statement was met with applause.
Cheney’s remarks came when the House of Representatives election commission held Jan. 6 hearings to investigate the deadly Capitol attack and how Trump and his allies tried to cancel the 2020 election. As deputy chairman of the commission, Cheney took the lead in the investigation.
Once a rising star in the Republican Party, Cheney’s criticism of Trump has come at a high political price. She was removed from her leadership role last year to challenge Trump’s false claims that the election had been stolen, and was later denied by Republicans in Wyoming. Cheney is also facing a tough battle in her fight to retain her seat in Congress. Against a major Trump-backed contender, Cheney is seeking to woo Democrat voters, according to The Washington Post.
Liz Cheney aims to recruit crossover Democrats in her primary election
At Wednesday’s event, a series of speakers entitled “Election Time,” organized by the Presidential Foundation and the Ronald Reagan Institute, said Cheney said threats to American democracy were growing and the country was on the brink of collapse.
“As the full picture appears before the committee on January 6, it has become clear that the efforts that Donald Trump is monitoring and participating in are even more chilling and threatening than we could have imagined,” she said, noting recent witness allegations. . Trump wanted to lead the armed mob to the Capitol last year.
The testimony was given by Cassidy Hutchinson, a former aide to then-White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, during a surprise committee hearing on Tuesday. Cheney praised Hutchinson, saying her “courage and patriotism were great to watch yesterday.” Trump denied Hutchinson’s allegations.
Cassidy Hutchinson’s path from a trusted insider to an explosive witness
Since the hearings began this month, Cheney stressed that the Republican Party is facing a crossroads, telling fellow Republicans that some of their party is “defending the defenseless” and that “the day will come when Donald Trump will leave, but your dishonesty will remind you.” . “
She repeated the topic on Wednesday.
“No party, no people, no nation can defend and perpetuate a constitutional republic if they accept a leader who has gone to war with the rule of law, the democratic process or the peaceful transfer of power – with the constitution itself.” said Cheney.
Add Comment