The president’s tweet targeting the Wyoming congresswoman marks a further escalation of an intraparty dispute.
President Donald Trump on Thursday lashed out at Rep. Liz Cheney, the third-ranking House Republican, promoting criticism from her conservative colleagues that she has not been sufficiently supportive of the White House’s agenda.
“Liz Cheney is only upset because I have been actively getting our great and beautiful Country out of the ridiculous and costly Endless Wars,” Trump wrote on Twitter. “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!!!”
Trump’s tweet targeting the Wyoming congresswoman marks a further escalation of an intraparty dispute that erupted Tuesday during a heated closed-door meeting of the House Republican Conference.
Lawmakers from the GOP’s conservative wing, including Reps. Matt Gaetz of Florida and Jim Jordan of Ohio, berated Cheney for breaking with the White House in recent weeks on issues related to international affairs and Trump’s coronavirus response.
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Until Thursday, Trump had refrained from responding to Cheney’s criticisms. And even in his latest tweet, the president stopped short of calling for the congresswoman’s ouster from House leadership — a step at least one of Trump’s allies on Capitol Hill has advocated.
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Trump also retweeted conservative commentator Mollie Hemingway, who attacked Cheney for questioning whether Trump was briefed on alleged intelligence of Russian bounties on U.S. troops in Afghanistan.
“FWIW, quite a few people in recent weeks who generally like Cheney — including those not on the Hill — were extremely disappointed with how she worked so hard to help the NYT spread its false anti-Trump story about Russia bounties,” Hemingway wrote.
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President Trump lashed out at Rep. Liz Cheney this morning, promoting criticism from her conservative colleagues that she has not been sufficiently supportive of the White House’s agenda https://t.co/LBohB8J83X pic.twitter.com/WXnWkcQxUP
— POLITICO (@politico) July 23, 2020
This is his most dangerous lie. Every time he lies about NATO funding and casts doubt on our commitment to defend allies he emboldens Putin to move against a NATO neighbor. This is how wars start. @MaxBoot @RadioFreeTom @jerry_jtaylor @NiskanenCenter @RuleandRuin @mccaffreyr3 pic.twitter.com/nQNtLi2mqv
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