Liz Cheney torches Nikki Haley over support for Donald Trump
The IndependentSign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Other GOPers in this vein accepted speaking roles at the Democratic convention last month, including Cheney’s former compatriot on the January 6 committee, Adam Kinzinger, and former Trump White House communications director Stephanie Grisham. Cheney appeared on ABC’s This Week to discuss Haley’s endorsement of Trump onstage at the Republican convention in July, explaining: “I can't understand her position on this in any kind of a principled way.” “I think that the things that she said, that she made clear when she was running in the primary, those things are true,” Cheney continued. “Those of us who have fidelity to the Constitution, have a responsibility and a duty to recognize this is not about partisan politics.” As Nikki Haley stands behind Donald Trump despite campaigning against him in the primary, former GOP Rep. Liz Cheney says, ⁰“I can't understand her position on this in any kind of a principled way.” “This is not about partisan politics.” https://t.co/dnNCJRQCIm pic.twitter.com/qP1hVNwL8f — This Week September 8, 2024 While she was not explicit, Cheney referred to Haley’s description of Trump when she was running against him: that Trump was unqualified to be president. “Donald Trump has my strong endorsement, period,” Haley told a cheering crowd at her party’s convention, a crowd that had booed her entrance moments earlier.