January 1, Liz Cheney Says These Two Senators are “Unfit for Future Office”

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Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) believes that Sens. Ted Cruz (TX) and Josh Hawley (MO) are “unfit for future office,” citing their actions following the 2020 presidential election.

ABC’s Jonathan Karl asked Cheney if she would support Cruz, Hawley, or Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) as potential future presidential candidates.

“It would be very difficult,” Cheney answered. “I think that a fundamental question for me in terms of whether or not someone is fit to be president is whether they’ve abided by their constitutional obligations in the past.”

“I think certainly when you look at somebody like Josh Hawley, or somebody like Ted Cruz, both of whom know better, both of whom know exactly what the role of Congress is, in terms of our constitutional obligations with respect to presidential elections, and yet both of whom took steps that fundamentally threatened the constitutional order and structure in the aftermath of the last election. In my view, they both have made themselves unfit for future office.”

The congresswoman said she wouldn’t support DeSantis because he is currently “campaigning for election deniers.”

“I think that we’ve got election deniers that have been nominated for really important positions all across the country. And I’m going to work against those people. I’m going to work to support their opponents. I think it matters that much,” Cheney said.

“DeSantis is somebody who is right now campaigning for election deniers. And I think that…is something that we’ve got to have real pause about. Either you fundamentally believe in and will support our constitutional structure, or you don’t,” she added.

Cheney’s interview came after she emphatically lost to Harriet Hageman in Wyoming’s GOP primary last week.

Watch Cheney’s full interview below:

Source: Newsweek