WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump joined the attacks on Rep. Liz Cheney, Republican of Wyo., On Thursday, saying the third-place House leader is “just upset” because he’s been trying to end participation. of the United States in wars abroad.
“Liz Cheney is only upset that I have been actively pulling our great and beautiful country out of ridiculous and costly Endless Wars,” the president tweeted. “I am also making our so-called allies pay tens of billions of dollars in costly military criminals. They must at least treat us fairly!”
Moments later, she retweeted a couple of posts earlier this week criticizing Cheney, including one from Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Florida, who said she should resign as president of the Republican House Conference or be removed because she has questioned some policies of the Trump administration.
Trump’s retweet also included a post by Sen. Rand Paul, R-Kentucky, who said: “We should all join @realDonaldTrump to advocate for stopping our endless wars. Liz Cheney not only wants to stay forever, but she leads the fight to keep him from leaving. Unacceptable.”
The president’s tweets on Thursday came two days after several members of the conservative House Freedom Caucus, as well as Gaetz, who is not a member of the caucus but is closely aligned with Trump, lashed out at her during a closed-door meeting with the Party. House Republican. Conference for her public support for Dr. Anthony Fauci and for supporting Rep. Thomas Massie’s main opponent, R-Ky., Who ultimately won the race in June.
The daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney and the only female member of the Republican House of Representatives leadership, Cheney defended Fauci during the meeting amid criticism the infectious disease expert has faced from Trump and other officials at the White House.
Cheney has deferred to Trump on some issues, including supporting the use of masks to stop the spread of the coronavirus and more aggressive views on foreign policy. After it emerged that Russia was potentially offering rewards to US troops in Afghanistan, she was far more forceful in her response than Trump, who dismissed the reports as fake news.
“I want to be absolutely clear that the adversaries of the Americas must know and have no doubts that any attack on the US forces by the Russians, by anyone else, will face a very rapid and deadly response,” Cheney said.
