Former President Donald Trump blasted former Republican Vice President Dick Cheney as “an irrelevant RINO” after Cheney threw his support behind Vice President and Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris in the 2024 presidential race.
In a post to Truth Social on Friday night, Trump responded to Cheney’s prior announcement saying, “Dick Cheney is an irrelevant RINO, along with his daughter, who lost by the largest margin in the History of Congressional Races!” Liz Cheney lost her 2022 Republican primary in Wyoming to Trump-backed candidate Representative Harriet Hageman. Liz served in Congress from 2017 until 2023. She also announced her endorsement for Harris earlier this week.
The former president continued by calling Dick Cheney, who served under the Bush administration, “the King of Endless, Nonsensical Wars, wasting Lives and Trillions of Dollars, just like Comrade Kamala Harris. I am the Peace President, and only I will stop World War III!”
In his statement on Friday, Dick Cheney said in part, “In our nation’s 248-year history, there has never been an individual who is a greater threat to our republic than Donald Trump.”
Meanwhile, Trump has repeatedly sparred with Liz Cheney since she served on the House Select Committee, tasked with investigating the riot at the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021. The committee ultimately recommended that the Department of Justice investigate Trump for his actions related to the attacks.
This is a developing story that will be updated as information becomes available.
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