Trump issues brutal insult to Liz Cheney before she takes the stage with Kamala Harris
Donald Trump took no prisoners when he said the alliance between “stupid war hawk” Liz Cheney and Kamala Harris will be “bad for both of them.”
Cheney called Donald Trump “depraved” and mocked his “spray tanning” as she campaigned for Democratic nominee Harris for the first time on Thursday.
The ex-Wyoming congresswoman joined Harris on stage in Ripon, Wisconsin – considered the birthplace of the Republican Party – and asked her fellow Republicans to cross the aisle and vote for a Democrat, someone she previously called a ‘radical leftist’.
Trump wasn’t particularly moved by their union when asked about it, saying, “Liz Cheney lost for Congress, she was terrible.”
“Liz Cheney is a stupid war hawk, all she wants to do is shoot missiles at people,” Trump added.
Donald Trump took no prisoners when he said the alliance between “stupid war hawk” Liz Cheney and Kamala Harris will be “bad for both of them.”
Cheney called Donald Trump “depraved” and mocked his “spray tanning” as she campaigned for Democratic nominee Harris for the first time on Thursday
He then predicted a bad outcome for the vice president and daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney.
‘I really think it hurts. Honestly, if Kamala… I think they hurt each other! I think they’re both so bad,” he added, barely able to contain his amusement.
Cheney was emphatic Thursday about her support for Harris in her race against Trump in November.
“I’m telling you, I’ve never voted for a Democrat, but this year I’m proud to cast my vote for Vice President Kamala Harris,” Cheney said, then repeated Harris-Walz’s campaign slogan: “we’re not going back . ‘
The ousted Wyoming lawmaker noted how as a 10-year-old she sealed envelopes for Republican President Gerald Ford’s re-election campaign, cast her first vote for Republican President Ronald Reagan in 1984, served in both Bush administrations and came in third place. powerful GOP member in the House.
“In other words, I was already a Republican before Donald Trump started spray tanning,” she said, laughing.
The rest of her speech was much more serious in tone.
She said the “most conservative of conservative values is loyalty to the Constitution,” something Trump failed to demonstrate when he tried to overturn the election four years ago.
Cheney was emphatic Thursday about her support for Harris in her race against Trump in November
“I’m telling you, I’ve never voted for a Democrat, but this year I’m proud to cast my vote for Vice President Kamala Harris,” Cheney said, then repeated Harris-Walz’s campaign slogan: “we’re not going back ‘
“In this election, patriotism over partisanship is not an ambition, it is our duty,” Cheney said.
Cheney, one of only two Republican members of the House Select Committee on Jan. 6, recalled how, when told on Jan. 6 that the angry mob outside the Capitol wanted to hang Vice President Mike Pence, Trump said, “And than?’
‘He said, “So what?” she repeated, shouting “nooooooos” from the crowd.
She said Trump’s closest associates also provided this information.
“They said that while the attack on our capital was happening, Donald Trump got a note informing him that a civilian had been shot at the door of the Chamber of the United States of Representatives,” Cheney recalled. “Donald Trump placed the note in front of him, continued to watch the attack on television, and still refused to tell the crowd to leave the Capitol.”
“That is depravity and we must never become numb to it,” she said.
She reminded the audience that 20 years ago, when she campaigned for her father’s re-election, he and President George W. Bush considered themselves “compassionate conservatives.”
“What January 6 shows us is that there is not an ounce, not an ounce of compassion in Donald Trump,” she said. “He’s petty, vindictive and cruel.”
She said the “most conservative of conservative values is loyalty to the Constitution,” something Trump failed to demonstrate when he tried to overturn the election four years ago.
“And Donald Trump is not fit to lead this good and great nation,” the former House member added.
Cheney’s comments Thursday were a departure from four years ago, when she called Harris a “radical leftist.”
When Harris was selected as President Joe Biden’s vice president, Cheney denounced the choice, saying the then-California senator had a “more liberal voting record than Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren.”
Cheney warned in an August 2020 tweet that Harris’ liberal positions on abortion, immigration and health care would be “devastating for America.”
However, Cheney announced in September that she would vote for Harris after she was ousted by voters in Wyoming for becoming Congress’ most prominent anti-Trump Republican.
Ripon is important because the one-room schoolhouse there, built in 1853, is a National Historic Landmark for its role as the site of meetings that helped form the Republican Party in 1854.
The Harris campaign is trying to wean Republican and independent voters away from Trump, playing its part on Jan. 6 and refusing to admit he lost the 2020 election — the same reasons Cheney, Kinzinger and other ex-Trump aides say they do not support the elections. it.