Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyoming) said Tuesday she was “sure” that former President Donald Trump would never be president again.
Trump is set to announce his 2024 candidacy from Mar-a-Largo on Tuesday evening.
Speaking at the Washington Post’s World Summit for Women, Cheney said the midterm elections were a chance to “make sure those who denied elections were in power”, and voters did just that in many elections.
Cheney, a member of the House of Representatives Inquiry Committee on Jan. 6, said Trump’s involvement in the riots made him completely unfit for office.
“People see what’s going on and what he’s doing, not just through a political lens, but through the basic fact that he’s totally unfit for public office,” Cheney said. is important.
“The Jan. 6 committee made it very clear that he was directly and personally involved in all aspects of the plan to overturn the last election,” she said. .
“While that bloody battle was going on in the Capitol, he didn’t do it, even though everyone around him begged him to stop and go home to the mob.” I was sitting there watching TV,” she continued.
“There is no question that he is unfit to be president, and I am sure he will never be president again.”
But she added that there is still a long battle ahead, especially when it comes to the far-right candidate who won re-election last week.
“Marjorie Taylor Green and all the people within the House Republican Congress are strong,” Cheney said. “The Republican majority in the House of Representatives does not believe the election was stolen, but it appears to be a silent majority for now.”
Many Republicans blame Trump for the party’s disappointing performance in last week’s election, as Democrats secured control of the Senate and Republicans are on track to win a narrow majority in the House. are accusing.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (Republican) is pushing for reelection, taking on Trump as the Republican standard-bearer and emerging as the favorite 2024 candidate of many Republican voters and lawmakers.
