Former President Donald Trump leaves office Former Republican Congresswoman Liz Cheney Endorsed by Vice President Kamala Harris.
President Trump, a former Wyoming Republican, cited his historic 2-1 loss in 2022 and the controversial leadership of his father, Vice President Dick Cheney, during the U.S. invasion of the Middle East. He called him a “war hawk with a low IQ.'' ”
“Liz Cheney lost her seat in the House by the largest margin in Congressional history for a sitting member. The people of Wyoming are really smart!” Trump wrote on Truth Social.
Kamala Harris teams up with Liz Cheney in the birthplace of the Republican Party
Former US president and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump addresses the press at Trump Tower in New York City. (Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images)
He went on to say, “She is a low IQ war hawk who, as a member of the J6 Unselected Committee of Political Hacks and Thugs, illegally destroyed and deleted all documents, information, and evidence.”
Cheney, a former conservative star of the Republican Party, vowed to do everything in her power to prevent President Trump from returning to power following the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol.
The former congressman campaigned for Harris in the battleground state of Wisconsin on Thursday, pushing a message of unity against a common enemy seeking a return to the Oval Office.
The election campaign was held in Ripon. The one-room schoolhouse is a National Historic Landmark because the series of meetings that led to the formation of the Republican Party were held here in 1854.
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Former Congresswoman Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) speaks at a campaign event for Democratic presidential candidate Vice President Kamala Harris at Ripon University in Ripon, Wisconsin. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
Cheney told an audience in Wisconsin that she was formally endorsing the Democratic presidential candidate, saying, “I have never voted for a Democrat, but this year I will proudly vote for Vice President Kamala Harris.” “As a conservative, a patriot, a mother, and someone who respects the Constitution, I am honored to join her in this urgent cause.”
Cheney, who has been vocal in defending the country's democratic process and emphasizing the importance of putting country over party, has not been a member of the special select committee formed by House Democrats to investigate the Capitol riot. He was one of only two Republicans to serve.
President Trump's social media comments lumped together Liz Cheney and the former vice president's father, who also supports Harris, as “two idiots” who are “severely suffering from Trump Derangement Syndrome” I dismissed it as such.
“Her father Dick was the leader of our ridiculous trip to the Middle East, where trillions of dollars were spent and millions of people were killed. And for what? Nothing. there is no!
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Democratic presidential candidate Vice President Kamala Harris (left) arrives to speak at a campaign event with former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) (right) at Ripon University in Ripon, Wisconsin. did. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
“Well, today these two idiots are even more left-wing than Pocahontas or Crazy Bernie Sanders and are the most liberal senator in the United States Senate, Lying Kamala Harris, because the Republican Party doesn't need them anymore. What a pathetic couple. They both have Trump Derangement Syndrome. Good luck to them both!!!”
President Cheney warned Thursday that “our nation faces a threat unlike anything we've faced before: a former president who sought to stay in power by undermining the foundations of our republic.”
She insisted that Trump “can never again trust in power” and stressed that “in this election, it is not a desire, but our duty, to put patriotism above partisanship.”
“What January 6th has shown us is that Donald Trump doesn't have an ounce of compassion. He's despicable. He's vindictive. He's cruel. He is unfit to lead a good and great country,” Cheney said.
Fox News Digital's Paul Steinhauser contributed to this report.
