Former Wyoming Congresswoman Liz Cheney slammed House Republicans on Sunday over the turmoil surrounding the presidency, accusing Rep. Kevin McCarthy of cultivating a hotbed of extremism that led to the recent chaos.
“What we have seen is the result of the leadership decisions that Kevin McCarthy made after the 2020 election and certainly after January 6,” Cheney, a Republican, said of the ousted House speaker during an interview. on CNN’s “State of the Union.” .”
“Looking the other way at the kind of attack on our democracy we have seen from Donald Trump and his allies in the House, including Jim Jordan; frankly, elevating those members, some of whom are white supremacists, some of whom are anti-Semitic,” he continued.
The political descendant did not specify which House Republicans she believed harbored white supremacist or anti-Semitic sympathies.
Cheney served in the House from 2017 until January 2023, when Rep. Harriet Hageman unseated her in a primary.
He stressed that he planned to refrain from endorsing a GOP presidential candidate to avoid ruining his chances.
Liz Cheney lamented the current state of the Republican Party.Getty Images
“Listen to what you’re saying, that’s crazy!” CNN anchor Jake Tapper weighed in after Cheney spoke about the damage his endorsement could cause. “You are super conservative. More than any of the Republican leaders in the House of Representatives. You are more conservative than the woman who replaced you, Elise Stefanik, you are just not crazy or anti-democracy!
“I think it’s a testament to where we are today as a country,” Cheney responded. “And we have to have a party that once again defends those conservative policies and embraces the constitution. “That’s not what the Republican Party is doing today.”
Cheney previously welcomed McCarthy’s ouster as president and urged her former colleagues to stop Rep. Jim Jordan’s bid for president.
The House of Representatives has been paralyzed and unable to pass major legislation since McCarthy, a California Republican, was dethroned on October 3.
House Republicans have struggled to replace McCarthy and elect a new president. Last week, Jordan of Ohio, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, withdrew from consideration, following multiple failed attempts to take the gavel and a private vote in a Republican caucus.
During her appearance on CNN on Sunday, Cheney lamented how hardline Republicans have been able to hijack the Republican conference.
“Those have become part of our politics in a way that they certainly never should,” he argued. “That kind of acceptance of violence is completely inappropriate and dangerous in our politics.”
Liz Cheney used to be one of former President Donald Trump’s most outspoken critics in the House.REUTERS
The daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney, she quickly rose through the ranks of the House Republican Party during her tenure in Congress, rising to the No. 3 position of chairwoman of the House Republican Conference when her party was in the minority.
But her open disdain for former President Donald Trump and her position as vice chairwoman of the Select Committee on the January 6, 2021, Capitol riot soured her Republican colleagues against her. She was ousted from the House No. 3 Republican leadership position in May 2021.
Most important to Cheney, with her disillusionment with the Republican Party, was Trump, the 2024 Republican front-runner.
Cheney took issue with Trump’s criticism of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the suggestion that Iran-backed Hezbollah was “very smart.”
“They were appalling comments,” he said Sunday. “It is simply the latest example of why Donald Trump is unfit to be president of the United States.”
Kevin McCarthy became the first ousted speaker of the House of Representatives in US history on October 3.AP
Intertwined with her harsh criticism of the Republican Party, Cheney also attacked the Biden administration, arguing that the decision to withdraw from Afghanistan “as it did” was the biggest mistake the United States made in its response to the terrorist attack of September 11, 2001. .attacks.
He also criticized President Biden’s policy toward Iran.
“The administration needs to make some fundamental changes regarding its policy toward Iran,” he said. “We really need to enforce sanctions regarding Iran’s oil exports. “We have to put the Houthis back on the terrorist list.”
Liz Cheney criticized the anti-Israel demonstrations taking place across the country and around the world.REUTERS Palestinians wave their national flag and celebrate next to a destroyed Israeli tank on the Gaza Strip fence east of Khan Younis.AP
Cheney also denounced the explosion of “anti-Semitic” and “anti-Israel” sentiment across the country, particularly on college campuses.
“It’s outrageous, it’s dangerous and it must stop,” he said. “Israel must take all necessary measures to defend itself. And the United States should not be in the business of telling them to stop, to slow down: they have to defend themselves.”
A protester displays a swastika at a pro-Palestine rally in New York City on October 8. Twitter/@StuartMeissner
Cheney plans to publish a book detailing what she believes went wrong with the Republican Party.
He has also not ruled out running for president in 2024.
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