President Trump
Donald TrumpThe Hill's Morning Report - Biden may find zero GOP support for jobs plan Republicans don't think Biden really wants to work with them The biggest campaign issue of 2022? MORE on Thursday took a swipe at House Republican Conference Chairwoman Liz Cheney
Elizabeth (Liz) Lynn CheneyGaetz, on the ropes, finds few friends in GOP Matt Gaetz may bow out of Congress early: report Boehner throws support behind Republican who backed Trump impeachment MORE (Wyo.) and amplified accusations from other Republicans that Cheney is working against the president’s agenda.
“Liz Cheney is only upset because I have been actively getting our great and beautiful Country out of the ridiculous and costly Endless Wars,” Trump tweeted Thursday morning. “I am also making our so-called allies pay tens of billions of dollars in delinquent military costs. They must, at least, treat us fairly!!!”
Liz Cheney is only upset because I have been actively getting our great and beautiful Country out of the ridiculous and costly Endless Wars. I am also making our so-called allies pay tens of billions of dollars in delinquent military costs. They must, at least, treat us fairly!!!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 23, 2020
The president then shared a tweet from Sen. Rand Paul
Randal (Rand) Howard PaulMarjorie Taylor Greene offers bills to fire Fauci, ban vaccine passports The Hill's Morning Report - Biden shifts on filibuster On The Money: Social Security gives IRS data for COVID-19 relief checks | Senate passes bill heading off Medicare cuts MORE (R-Ky.) stating that Cheney is “leading the fight” to stop Trump from withdrawing U.S. troops from overseas conflicts.
Paul’s tweet itself shared a message from Rep. Matt Gaetz
Matthew (Matt) GaetzThe Hill's Morning Report - Biden may find zero GOP support for jobs plan DOJ probe into Gaetz involves cash payments to women: report Gaetz showed lawmakers nude photos of women he claimed to have slept with: report MORE (R-Fla.) accusing Cheney of disloyalty to Trump and demanding she “step down or be removed” as GOP conference chair.
Cheney, who is the daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney, has been outspoken about her opposition to Trump’s plans to withdraw U.S. troops from Germany and Afghanistan. She has also defended Anthony Fauci
Anthony FauciThe Hill's Morning Report - Biden may find zero GOP support for jobs plan Whitmer criticizes GOP election reform in video featuring Fauci pillow White House asks governors for help with Johnson & Johnson vaccine MORE, the nation’s top infectious disease expert and a key official working on the response to the coronavirus pandemic, after he faced stunning public criticism from some inside the White House.
Earlier this week, several conservative lawmakers attacked Cheney during a private conference meeting over her support for Fauci and for backing a primary challenger to Rep. Thomas Massie
Thomas Harold Massie14 Republicans vote against resolution condemning Myanmar military coup House approves bills tightening background checks on guns Can members of Congress carry firearms on the Capitol complex? MORE (R-Ky.). Some also accused Cheney of undermining Trump. Gaetz later tweeted that he wanted Cheney to be removed as conference chair.
Trump’s public criticism of Cheney is not particularly unusual. The president often attacks those who publicly break with him, including Republican lawmakers and former members of his administration.
Cheney's office did not return a request for comment.
Juliegrace Brufke contributed.
