President Trump said Thursday that Republican Rep. Liz Cheney is “just upset” that her administration has been pulling the United States out of “ridiculous and costly endless wars,” after criticizing its handling of the coronavirus and other pandemic. affairs.
“Liz Cheney is only upset that I have been actively pulling our great and beautiful country out of ridiculous and costly endless wars,” Trump tweeted Thursday. “I am also making our so-called allies pay tens of billions of dollars in delinquent military costs. They must at least treat us fairly! ”
The president’s tweet comes after Cheney, who is from Wyoming, is the president of the Republican House of Representatives conference and the third-highest-ranking Republican in the House, publicly criticized him for not wearing a mask in Public, tweeting last month a photo of his father, former Vice President Dick Cheney, who was wearing a mask with the caption: “Dick Cheney says WEAR A MASK. #realmenwearmasks.”
Cheney also criticized the president last month for his reaction to reports that Russia offered rewards for the deaths of US troops.
Several of the president’s strongest allies in Congress are now publicly calling Cheney, with Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Florida, even asking him to step down.
“Liz Cheney has worked behind the scenes (and now in public) against @realDonaldTrump and her agenda,” Gaetz tweeted. “House Republicans deserve better than our conference president. Liz Cheney should resign or be eliminated #MAGA. “
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Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, also confronted Cheney and in defense of the president during an irritable Republican conference meeting on Tuesday. He criticized Cheney for his criticism of Trump’s response to the coronavirus and his comments on Dr. Anthony Fauci.
Additionally, according to Politico, Rep. Andy Biggs, R-Arizona, chimed in asking if Cheney was trying to undermine the Republican Party’s chances of regaining control of the House in November. Biggs, who chairs the Freedom Caucus, added that anyone who has a problem with the president should be kept secret.
The president’s son, Donald Trump Jr., also decided to influence Cheney on social media, comparing her to Senator Mitt Romney, a Republican from Utah, and accusing her of advocating “endless wars.” Romney has become a particular target for Trump since he voted in favor of one of the impeachment charges during the president’s trial earlier this year.
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Meanwhile, Cheney addressed criticism from colleagues in the Republican Party House of Representatives on Wednesday about “Fox & Friends,” saying she is “very confident we will join in on the big issues that matter most in November.”
Cheney said that while Democrats believe in “canceling culture” and want to “erase American history,” the Republican conference has differences of opinion, which is “a good thing.”
“On our side of the hall, it is healthy for us to have that kind of debate and discussion. I’m sure we’ll have more as things go, but the bottom line here is that we are unified to make sure that President Trump is re-elected in November, that Nancy Pelosi is no longer a speaker, that we win back the majority in the House. and make sure we have a majority in the Senate. “
Joshua Nelson and Andrew O’Reilly of Fox News contributed to this report.
