Posted on 12/03/2023 12:29:41 PM PST by Signalman
Former Republican Rep. Liz Cheney would rather cede power to Democrats than see members of her own party win in 2024, she said, calling a Republican majority a “threat,” and warning of an existential crisis leading up to next year’s election.
“I believe very strongly in those principles and ideals that have defined the Republican Party, but the Republican Party of today has made a choice and they haven’t chosen the Constitution, and so I do think it presents a threat if the Republicans are in the majority in January 2025,” the Wyoming Republican said during an interview with CBS, when asked whether she would prefer a Democratic majority in 2025.
Once the No. 3 leader of the House Republican Conference, Cheney was booted from her role and later lost her seat after bucking her party to take a stand against former President Donald Trump in the wake of the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection.
Cheney overwhelmingly alienated members after refusing to tamper her criticisms of the former president in the weeks and months following the insurrection — unlike the then-leader of the caucus, Kevin McCarthy, who quickly returned to Trump’s side after initially condemning him for his role in the riot. Cheney became the top Republican on the House committee that investigated the Jan. 6 attack. In 2022, she lost in the primary for her Wyoming seat.
Cheney has since written a book that details the groundwork laid by members of her party — including new House Speaker Mike Johnson — that led to the events of Jan. 6. “Oath and Honor: A Memoir and a Warning” is to be released Tuesday.
In an excerpt of the interview that aired Saturday, Cheney called the Louisiana Republican a “collaborator” in Trump’s attempt to overturn the results of the 2020 election. In the full interview Sunday, Cheney warned against sending the little-known Republican back to the role in 2025.
“What happens if Mike Johnson is the Speaker on the 6th of January 2025?,” CBS’ John Dickerson asked.
“He can’t be,” Cheney replied. “We are facing a situation with respect to the 2024 election where it’s an existential crisis and we have to ensure that we don’t have a situation where an election that might be thrown into the House of Representatives is overseen by a Republican majority.”
We have a core of NeverTrumps on the forum who feel the same way.
I will have to put on my surprised face.
Is that news?
Of course she would rather have Dems in power..after all, the Dems are the party of Jew haters and forever wars, that makes the likes of the Cheney regime very very happy
I will bet $100 the stupid witch has no idea what “existential” means. Leftists use it constantly, and they are apparently clueless.
This is not news. She’s a life-long Assistant Democrat.
Can you believe she had the gall to run as a Republican? It’s a good thing the vast majority of GOP voters of WY were smart enough to see through her grift.
Hey War Whore....the Democrats use the Constitution as their TOILET PAPER!
In 2022, she lost in the primary for her Wyoming seat.
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Corrected: In 2022, Lizard resoundingly lost in the primary for the sole Wyoming seat.
She would rather a democrat win every election so republicans never have to do anything but complain.
Harriet Hageman: 113,025 66.3 %
Liz Cheney: 49,316 28.9 %
Anthony Bouchard 4505 2.6 %
Whatever the deep state has on the Cheneys must be pretty horrible. No one changes their views in a complete 180 on every single social and political manner in such a short period of time unless there is some outside pressure or compelling reason to do so. I can understand changing positions on one or two issues. Unless she was lying at the time, years ago Liz Cheney actually expressed conservative positions on just about everything. This is more than just a hatred of Trump (which is also unexplainable), she is suddenly supporting every position of the far left.
I would imagine that this is the Bush crowd’s sentiments as well.
And that is why Wyoming puked out “Daughter of Dick” Cheney into the toilet.
And deservedly so!
She supports whichever party and/or candidate will guarantee neverending wars. He father and Halliburton started that ball rolling. Now she’s all in on the Military Industrial Complex increasing her family fortune.
I HATE this woman!!!!!!!!!
what EXACTLY is her issue!!!!!!!!!!!!
there is NOTHING that Trump ran on that every single national level politician in my lifetime hasn’t run on!
The ONLY difference now is ... we are actually DOING what we said we were going to do if elected!
So Liz appears to only be mad that we stop LYING about what we would do if elected!
no one was trying to overthrow the US government on Jan 6th!
all this talk of “insurrection” is ridiculous!
the protestors simply wanted to delay the certification of the election to give more time to investigate claims of election fraud.
It is really just that simple!
I hate this woman!
Might it be that the leadership of the GOP is captured and controlled opposition? That the parasitic reptiles that rule us have a few of their own claim to believe in the beliefs of the masses only to lead them to dead ends, blind alleys and snipe hunts?
Asking for a friend.
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