Former Republican Rep. Liz Cheney joined the hosts of ABC's “The View” on Wednesday to decline to commit to voting for President Biden in 2024, but said she would never vote for Donald Trump.
“The View” host twice asked Cheney whether she would vote for Biden over Trump if she were the Republican nominee in 2024.
“No one has voted yet, so we don't know who the candidates on each side will be,” Cheney said.
He also argued that the Republican Party was unlikely to survive and that there would be a “major seismic shift in our politics.” Co-host Joy Behar asked Cheney again who she would vote for in 2024 in a Biden vs. Trump matchup, which polls currently show is the most likely matchup in November. Ta.
Former Republican Congresswoman Liz Cheney joined the hosts of “The View” on Wednesday and was asked twice whether she would vote for President Biden over Donald Trump. (Screenshot/ABC/TheView)
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“Let me ask you a radical question: I know you're a patriotic American, but…will you vote for Biden?” Behar asked.
“I'm not going to endorse anyone today,” Cheney said. “And, again, I don't think we know exactly what the choice will be. I don't think I'll ever vote for Donald Trump. I don't think I'll ever vote for Donald Trump. “There are conservatives who are trying to make a point.” “It's more risky than Trump. In my opinion, I disagree with a lot of Joe Biden's policies. We can survive with bad policies, but we can survive with bad policies, but we can't set the Constitution on fire.” You can’t survive even if you put it on.”
Behar agreed, saying Biden is not “crazy.”
Cheney has released a memoir titled “Oath and Honor,” which focuses on the former president and “the threat posed by his efforts to overturn the election” in 2020. The daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney, she was a supporter of Trump at one point. Although she became president and was promoted to chair of the House Republican Conference, she fiercely opposed his efforts to overturn the 2020 election. She further angered Republicans when she appeared on a House special committee on Jan. 6 investigating the events surrounding the 2021 Capitol riot.
As a result, she suffered a landslide defeat in the 2022 Republican primary for Wyoming state representative.
Then-Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) campaigns for Democratic Rep. Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.) at a rally in East Lansing, Michigan on November 1, 2022. . (Bill Priano/Getty Images)
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An anti-Trump Republican spoke in New Hampshire on Friday, calling on voters to reject the “vile plague” within the Republican Party.
“Speak for all of us. Tell the world who we are with your vote. Tell the world that we are a good and great country,” she added. Ta. “But let them understand that we will not bow, we will not give in, we will not give in to protect freedom. Show the world that we will defeat the vile plague that is running rampant within the Republican Party.”
Cheney also told the hosts of “The View” that politicians must keep talking about democracy, even if Americans are tired of the message.
The co-hosts of “The View” returned for the new season of the ABC show on Tuesday, September 5, 2023. (Screenshot/ABC/TheView)
“We need people to understand, especially independents, that if it's ultimately a choice, even if he becomes the Republican nominee, independents are going to That we can't say, “I know, I don't know.'' “There's a lot to like about him, but I'm going to go ahead and vote for him.'' We take that risk. He cannot be compromised, because we know what he has done. He has tried to seize power, and continues to threaten political violence every day. “I was absolutely clear that I wouldn't have anyone around,” she said.
