Former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) stepped up criticism of GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump over the weekend, saying the MAGA movement firebrand “isn’t conservative.”
She and her father, George W. Her harsh words came just days after the Republican leader, who served as vice president under Bush, announced that he intended to vote for the Democratic nominee, Vice President Kamala Harris, instead of his party’s choice.
“Trash-talking the United States of America is part of the message that Donald Trump is pushing,” Cheney said Sunday. ABC’s “This Week” political talk show, “And so at the end of the day, I think it’s important for people to recognize that he’s not conservative.”
Cheney has come under fire from Republicans for her flip-flop, but on January 6 the House Select Committee vice chair says she and her father have not left the party; The party abandoned him. Trump is far from the respected leaders of the conservative movementshe said.
“Donald Trump doesn’t stand for any of the things that Ronald Reagan did, and that’s another place that I would urge my Republican colleagues, both in Congress, but across the country to really look, really look at Donald Trump’s policies. The danger that he presents, to look at So, you know, what he was willing to do to stay in power,” she said. “It is a rejection not only of traditional Republican policies, but of the constitutional order on which this country depends.”
Cheney referred to Trump’s policy For implementing massive tariff increases on Chinese companies doing business in the US, traditionally dismissed among Republicans as just another form of taxation. encouraged his fellow Republicans Taking a bolder stance against Trump by supporting and voting for Harris.
“I would say that given the closeness of this election, especially if you find yourself voting in a swing state, you have to take the extra step,” said Cheney, who claimed she would be voting Democrat for the first time. in his life. “If you really recognize the danger of Donald Trump, it’s not enough to just say I’m not going to vote for him.”
Cheney made headlines Last week when she announced she was breaking party lines to vote for Harris. But the real head-turner came Friday when she said her father, considered a hard-core Republican, was also jumping ship, a debate between traditional GOP and Trump Republicans less than two months until the election.
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