Concern about the constitution
Cheney: US cannot survive second Trump presidency
November 29, 2023, 1:37 a.m
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Donald Trump has some enemies among Republicans, but very few people openly oppose the ex-president. The loudest of them is Liz Cheney. Almost a year before the next US presidential election, the former congresswoman is publishing a book that is unlikely to be well received within her own party.
The US Republican Liz Cheney has once again warned against former President Donald Trump with clear words and sharply criticized her party colleagues. “As a nation, we can endure harmful policies for a four-year term,” Cheney writes in her new book, “Oath and Honor,” from which the Channel CNN quoted previously. “But we cannot survive a president who is willing to override our Constitution.”
The former congresswoman warns in the book, which is due to be published in early December: “The assumption that our institutions will protect themselves is purely wishful thinking from people who would rather look the other way.” Trump is the “most dangerous man to ever sit in the Oval Office.”
The arch-conservative politician is the loudest Trump critic among Republicans. She paid a high price for this. She lost her leadership role within the party and ultimately her seat in the House of Representatives. She took a leading role in the committee investigating the attack on the US Capitol and repeatedly warned that Trump posed a threat to democracy. After the Capitol attack, Cheney openly opposed Trump. She had previously largely supported his policies.
In her new book, the 57-year-old also lashes out against her party, especially against the ousted Speaker of the US Congress, Kevin McCarthy, who is said to have told her that Trump knew that he had lost the election. His successor Mike Johnson is also “particularly susceptible to flattery” from Trump. “We’ve also learned that most Republicans in Congress will do what Donald Trump asks, no matter what it is,” Cheney said. The US could no longer count on elected Republicans to protect the country.
Cheney is open to running as an independent candidate in the 2024 presidential election if Trump becomes her party’s nominee. However, the daughter of former US Vice President Dick Cheney is not given any chances.