(CNN) Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney has made no secret of her opinion that the riot at the US Capitol on January 6 was incited by then-President Donald Trump -- and that for her party to maintain any sort of credibility with voters it must acknowledge that fact -- and try to move on from Trump with all due haste.
On Monday, at a Republican retreat in Orlando, Florida, Cheney took that criticism a step further as she discussed the 2024 Republican field.
"I think we have a huge number of interesting candidates, but I think that we're going to be in a good position to be able to take the White House," she told the New York Post. "I do think that some of our candidates who led the charge, particularly the senators who led the unconstitutional charge, not to certify the election, you know, in my view, that's disqualifying."
She added: "I think that adherence to the Constitution, adherence to your oath has got to be at the top of the list. So, I think, you know that certainly will be a factor that I'm looking at and I think a number of voters will be looking at as they decide about '24."
Which, well, bold! Cheney is making clear that she believes that anyone who voted for -- or supported -- the objections to the Electoral College count early this year simply cannot be seriously considered as future leaders of the party.
ryhaltswhiskey on April 27th, 2021 at 23:20 UTC »
I wonder how many death threats she gets when she says things like this. The Republican base has a lot of unbalanced people who get bent out of shape easily. It's awful. Imagine not being able to tolerate the tiniest bit of criticism.
Adventurous_Salt on April 27th, 2021 at 22:50 UTC »
It's only going to end up being disqualifying for her.
GOP primary voters have made it clear that there is no limit of insanity at which they will think someone's gone too far, insurrections are patriotic now.
monkeywithgun on April 27th, 2021 at 22:32 UTC »
100% correct.