Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) spoke out on Sunday to say that she “absolutely” can win reelection even after she voted in favor of impeaching former President Donald Trump earlier this year.
“The Republican Party here has disowned you. They’ve called for your resignation. We’ve been told your approval rating here is down around 30%. Can you win this seat?” asked CBS host Leslie Stahl.
“Absolutely,” Cheney replied. “I think it’s going to be the most important House race in 2022, and it will be one where people do have the opportunity to say we want to stand for the Constitution.”
“A vote against me in this race, a vote for whomever Donald Trump has endorsed, is a vote for somebody who’s willing to perpetuate the big lie, somebody who’s put allegiance to Trump above allegiance to the Constitution,” she added.
In this same interview, Cheney took the opportunity to bash Trump like it was her job.
“I think that millions of people around the country have been betrayed and misled, and deceived by Donald Trump,” she stated. “He has said that the election was stolen. He continues to say that. He continues to say things that aren’t true and continues to raise money off of those claims. And so to me, there’s just not a question.”
Trump has endorsed Cheney’s challenger Harriet Hageman in this election.
“Republicans in Congress feel that by joining this January 6 panel, you are helping to keep the focus on Trump instead of on the shortcomings of the Biden administration,” Stahl said to her.
“Those who think that by ignoring Trump, he will go away, have been proven wrong,” Cheney replied. “And in my view, the American people, they deserve better than having to choose between what I think are the really disastrous policies of Joe Biden– in a whole range of areas, really bad for our economy.”
“From a national security perspective, what’s happened, what he’s done in Afghanistan: very dangerous policies for the country,” she continued. “But the alternative cannot be a man who doesn’t believe in the rule of law, and who violated his oath of office.”
Cheney also condemned Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) for standing by Trump.
“What he’s done is embrace Donald Trump,” she said of McCarthy. “And if I were doing what he’s doing, I would be deeply ashamed of myself. I don’t know how you explain that to your children. When you are in a situation where you have somebody who did what Donald Trump did, it is absolutely clear he cannot continue to be somebody you embrace.”
“But are you saying you can’t support anybody who supports him?” asked Stahl.
“I’m saying that there are people who supported Donald Trump because of his policies,” Cheney replied. “But there’s a difference between somebody who voted for Donald Trump and being the Republican leader after an insurrection, and setting all of that aside and going to Mar-a-Lago and rehabilitating him, bringing him back in. That to me is unforgivable.”
With her anti-Trump antics, Cheney has shown that she is one of the biggest RINOs in Congress. Here’s hoping she doesn’t end up winning reelection, and a real Republican takes her spot in the House.
This piece was written by James Samson on September 27, 2021. It originally appeared in RedVoiceMedia.com and is used by permission.
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