Ian Sams, a senior campaign spokesperson for Vice President Kamala Harris, has criticized Harris campaign agent Liz Cheney, whom Sams described as a “warlord” in 2013 and a “ringleader” in 2019. When asked if he still believes the harsh criticism he has received, he remained silent.[ing] Take us to Iraq. ”
“Liz Cheney helped lead us to Iraq from the State Department's special Middle East post that her father's administration had set up for her.” Sams criticized Cheney on Twitter (now known as X) in 2019.
“Liz Cheney brings crazy stuff today,” he said in another social media post in 2013. Wall Street Journal op-ed written by Cheney at that time. Meanwhile, that same year, Sams shared a Salon.com article that mentioned Cheney. “A coveted military commander.”
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Fox News Digital revealed several social media posts by Sams criticizing Cheney. Cheney recently praised the former Wyoming Republican congressman after she endorsed her boss.
Just over the weekend Sam's touted The fact is that Cheney will be tough for Harris in the battleground state of Wisconsin. A few days before that, he Defend Cheney The attack comes from former President Donald Trump.
On March 12, 2024, Ian Sams, a former White House general counsel turned Harris campaign official, speaks to members of the media outside the West Wing of the White House. (Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images)
“Senator Cheney is a patriot.” Sams told MSNBC's Andrea Mitchell last month. “I think over the last five years we've seen her put country over party over and over again. Or, as John McCain would say, 'country first.' ”
Sams added during the interview that he thinks Harris “really respects true conservatives” like Cheney.
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In addition to praising the support of the congressman and Harris, Sams said Harris had the support of a large group of former President George W. Bush associates, including those in national security. He also emphasized the facts. It was the Bush administration that invaded Iraq in 2003.
Ian Sams, former White House Counsel to President Biden and senior press secretary for the Harris campaign, returned to the White House after speaking to the media on March 12, 2024. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
Fox News Digital reached out to Cheney for comment, but did not receive a response by time of publication.
“A broken clock gets right twice a day, but Kamala Harris' publicist gets it right once in her life.” The Trump campaign said in a statement Monday: “Leader” highlights Sams’ 2019 post about Cheney[ing] “Let us enter Iraq through the State Department's Special Middle East Post,” which Cheney's father, former Vice President Dick Cheney, claimed was created for her.
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But despite Sams' claim that Cheney's father “created” a State Department post specifically for Cheney, the post existed before she was hired.
The Trump campaign's statement concluded: “Ian Sams has written the truth about Kamala Harris' agent (and likely future Secretary of Defense).”
