WASHINGTON — Former Vice President Dick Cheney slammed former President Donald Trump on Thursday for posing a direct threat to America’s future, arguing for his daughter and embattled Republican congressman Liz Cheney. Liz Cheney) cut out the campaign ad.
“Never in our nation’s 246-year history has anyone posed a greater threat to our republic than Donald Trump,” the former vice president said in an extraordinary attack on a former president of the same party .
Cheney, who is underdogs in her re-election campaign against Trump-backed challenger Harriet Hageman, described the former in similar terms during her tenure on the special congressional committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021 uprising. president.
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In a series of hearings, Cheney and other committee members accused Trump of masterminding the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol to illegally overturn his election defeat to President Joe Biden.
In the ad, Cheney Sr said Trump knew he lost the election and accused him of lying to supporters about false allegations of voter fraud. He called Trump a “coward” and said “a real man wouldn’t lie to his supporters.”
The former vice president also hinted that his daughter’s investigation was done in part to prevent Trump from winning the presidency again in the 2024 election.
“There’s nothing more important than taking the lead in making sure Donald Trump is no longer near the Oval Office,” Cheney said in the ad. “She’ll make it.”
The Republican primary in Wyoming is August 16th.
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For years, Trump has attacked Dick Cheney and former President George W. Bush on issues ranging from free trade to the invasion of Iraq.
Hagman’s political adviser, Tim Murtaugh, said Cheney’s ad was designed to appeal only to donors who might fund her own “crazy dreams” for the presidency.
“Voters know that she has given up her job representing Wyoming for a personal war with Donald Trump,” Merto said. “That’s why people are sick of her, and this ad just reinforces that.”
