Liz Cheney sounds alarm on Trump: 'Cannot survive a president willing to terminate our Constitution'

28 November 2023

In her forthcoming book "Oath and Honor," former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyoming) called out the complicity of her Republican colleagues in enabling former President Donald Trump, and warned Americans to keep him away from the White House in 2024.

"As a nation, we can endure damaging policies for a four-year term. But we cannot survive a president willing to terminate our Constitution," Cheney wrote in an excerpt obtained by CNN.

The network reports that Cheney's book gives specific names, and draws on emails, text messages and conversations she had with her fellow Republicans during the time she was vice chair of the House's January 6 select committee. She was reportedly alarmed not just by what the former president did during the day of the insurrection, but also at how many of her colleagues were willing to go along with Trump's vision.

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"So strong is the lure of power that men and women who had once seemed reasonable and responsible were suddenly willing to violate their oath to the Constitution out of political expediency and loyalty to Donald Trump," Cheney wrote.

The former Wyoming representative — who was drummed out of office by a Trump-endorsed opponent in the 2022 Republican primary — also documented at how lawmakers who initially spoke out against Trump's attempts to overturn the election suddenly turned around and became his biggest supporters. She particularly singled out former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-California) in her book for visiting a despondent Trump at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida in the weeks following January 6.

"Mar-a-Lago? What the hell, Kevin?" Cheney asked him.

"They’re really worried,” McCarthy responded. "Trump’s not eating, so they asked me to come see him."

"What? You went to Mar-a-Lago because Trump’s not eating?" Cheney said.

"Yeah, he’s really depressed," McCarthy told her.

Cheney, who is the daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney, also revealed that after being one of just 10 Republicans to vote to impeach Trump a week after the January 6 riot, former President George W. Bush texted her a message of support.

"Liz, Courage is in short supply these days. Thank you for yours," Bush texted. "You showed strong leadership and I’m not surprised. Lead on. 43."

The former congresswoman also mentioned interactions she had with Rep. Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) in January of 2021, years before he was elected Speaker of the House. Cheney recalled a time when Johnson was soliciting members to sign onto the amicus brief challenging election results in several swing states in the House GOP cloakroom. According to Cheney's account, several House Republicans scoffed at the gesture, calling it "another public display of fealty to Donald Trump."

"The things we do for the orange Jesus," Rep. Mark Green (R-Tennessee) allegedly uttered to himself at the time.

When Cheney confronted Johnson on the spurious legal arguments of the case, he apparently conceded, but added "we just need to do this one last thing for Trump."

Cheney's book is expected to hit shelves on December 5.

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