Former National Security Advisor John Bolton has denied claims that former President Trump is a “threat” to democracy and stressed that the US Constitution can withstand him.
Bolton was responding to former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) saying on Wednesday that she would vote for Vice President Harris because President Trump is a “danger” to the Constitution.
“I don't buy the idea that the Constitution is so weak that Donald Trump threatens it. Donald Trump would do great damage if elected to a second term. He is not an existential threat to American democracy. If you really thought that, you must think this country is worthless,” he told CNN's Kaitlan Collins. “sauce”
“Because we've survived 235 years under this Constitution. We've survived far worse than Donald Trump has. And comments like this are hurtful to those who are trying to put Trump in this position,” he added.
“As a conservative, as someone who believes in and values the Constitution, I've thought deeply about this. Not only will I not be voting for Donald Trump, but I will be voting for Kamala Harris because of the danger that Donald Trump poses,” Cheney said Wednesday.
She has frequently criticized the former president as a “threat to the destruction of our republic” and someone “unfit to be president.”
Bolton also stressed that he would not vote for anyone with whom he disagrees on important points.
He said Cheney's choice would not affect his decision to endorse her father, former Vice President Dick Cheney, for president. He denied comments by Liz Cheney in April that endorsing a candidate was a “luxury.”
“It's not a luxury to be able to nominate a candidate other than the two major party nominees. It's important. It's a protest vote. I understand that my vote doesn't elect an unelectable president, but in my state of Maryland, there is no opportunity to affect the outcome of the Electoral College,” he said.
“And I will not vote for someone with whom I disagree based on beliefs or who I don't think is fit to be president. It's sad for our political process that we now have two such unsuitable candidates,” he added.
