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Liz Cheney says Donald Trump's 'dictator' remark should be taken 'literally and seriously'
ABC News / Disney ^ | December 8, 2023 | ByAlexandra Hutzler

Posted on 12/09/2023 8:23:00 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer

Former GOP Rep. Liz Cheney, who is warning about the potential dangers of a second Donald Trump presidency, said Americans should take his recent dictator remark "literally and seriously."

Trump raised alarms earlier this week when he declined to flat out reassure the public that he wouldn't abuse power if he is elected, instead telling Fox News host Sean Hannity he wouldn't be a dictator "except on Day One."

Some Republicans have suggested Trump was making a joke but Cheney -- who had a lead role in investigating his actions after the 2020 election and on Jan. 6, 2021 -- disagreed.

"I think we have to take everything that Donald Trump says literally and seriously," Cheney said in an interview with ABC News Chief Washington Correspondent Jonathan Karl, which will air Sunday on "This Week."

"And I think that we saw, frankly, what he was willing to do already after the 2020 election in the lead up to Jan. 6, after Jan 6," she continued. "People need to remember that when Donald Trump woke up on the morning of Jan. 6, he thought he was going to remain as president. And we saw the extent to which he was willing to attempt to seize power when he lost an election."

Cheney called it "wishful thinking" to believe that Trump would "now abide by the rulings of the courts or be stopped by the guardrails of our democracy."

It cost Cheney her congressional career to take on Trump, who she's characterized as an existential threat to American democracy and perhaps the "most dangerous" person to ever occupy the Oval Office. Trump, hitting back in social media posts this week, called her comments "unhinged" and said she is suffering from "Trump Derangement Syndrome."

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: border; cheney; cheneycrimefamily; coupaccomplice; drillbabydrill; energy; halliburtonwhore; lection2024; lizardcheney; moronicdem; rinosedition; shesrightyouknow
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To: dragnet2

Liz Cheney is making a fool of herself (not the first time). On January 6, 2021, Trump could have acted as a dictator. The Secret Service told him not to go to the Capitol even though Trump wanted it. If Trump was a dictator, he would have went to the capitol against the wishes of the Secret Service.


61 posted on 12/09/2023 10:37:03 AM PST by convoter2016
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
We took Biden literally and seriously when he said "those who are not vaccinated will end up paying the price."

-PJ

62 posted on 12/09/2023 10:44:42 AM PST by Political Junkie Too ( * LAAP = Left-wing Activist Agitprop Press (formerly known as the MSM))
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To: SMARTY

It’s all they have. Joe Biden is a confused, blithering moron. They have to paint Donald Trump as the literal spawn of Satan, just to level the playing field.


63 posted on 12/09/2023 10:46:06 AM PST by fhayek
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To: FES0844

And her warmonger father’s tales about nonexistent WMDs in Iraq should be taken seriously with horrific consequences.


64 posted on 12/09/2023 11:05:49 AM PST by laconic
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

This dry cow should be tossed into the bin of History We’d Like To Forget.....along with Joe and Braaak.


65 posted on 12/09/2023 11:07:50 AM PST by Wdempsey (Democrats and slinkys.. Both useless but fun to push down stairs.v v ely)
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To: Levy78

Deport the bitch to China.


66 posted on 12/09/2023 11:10:18 AM PST by kenmcg (ti hi o)
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To: kenmcg

Or Afghanistan, I’m sure those Taliban boys would treat her “just right”.


67 posted on 12/09/2023 11:16:46 AM PST by kawhill (kawhill)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
I just don't have the words for this idiot. Geeze, everybody with 2 functional brain cells knew he was talking about Executive Orders on Day 1, regarding closing the border and drilling for more natural resources which would improve our economy and make us more competitive in the World markets.

It amazes me every day that some politician or has been either doesn't understand or refuses to understand Trump's comments. Is there anyone left in DC that has the intelligence of a 12 year old? Rhetorical question.

And as someone mentioned above, E.O.'s, unless directly affecting the Executive Branch should at the least be curtailed. I don't like that absolute authority. We've seen how the next President can undo the good of his predecessor.

And who is Lizzie to bitch after her boy-Biden killed every good thing from Trump with a pre-written stack of E.O.s to cancel Trump's E.O.s? What day was that? Oh right, Biteme's first day in office.

68 posted on 12/09/2023 11:19:58 AM PST by A Navy Vet (USA Birth Certificate - 1787. Death Certificate - 2021? )
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Trump said on his Day One he’d reverse the dictatorial edicts FJB enacted on his Day One, Lizard.


69 posted on 12/09/2023 11:25:41 AM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (The worst thing about censorship is █████ ██ ████ ████████ █ ███████ ████. FJB.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Liz: you are psychotic with TDS. We are tired of your moronic tirades. 🙄


70 posted on 12/09/2023 11:38:05 AM PST by DennisR (Look around - God gives countless clues that He does, indeed, exist .)
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To: All

I have yet to hear how this dictatorship is supposed to work when 99% of the deep state and establishment hate his guts.


71 posted on 12/09/2023 11:41:12 AM PST by Stravinsky
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Liz needs to get back on her meds.


72 posted on 12/09/2023 11:41:32 AM PST by From The Deer Stand
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Its Operation Mockingbird resurrected.


73 posted on 12/09/2023 11:54:07 AM PST by TornadoAlley3 ( I'm Proud To Be An Okie From Muskogee)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

I certainly hope he was serious about closing the Southern Border and “Drill baby drill”. Lizardbrain needs to shut her pie hole and quit proving she’s just a vindictive, frustrated old woman.


74 posted on 12/09/2023 12:22:28 PM PST by antidemoncrat
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Liz, still stinging from Trump calling your father a war monger, and she will never forget the slight.

Too bad it is true.


75 posted on 12/09/2023 12:56:49 PM PST by Titus-Maximus (The trouble with socialism is that you soon run out of other people's zoo animals to eat.)
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To: Levy78
Hey Liz, in the infamous words of Elon Musk, GFY!
76 posted on 12/09/2023 12:58:42 PM PST by MPJackal ("From my cold dead hands." )
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To: Soul of the South
If Trump declared himself dictator the woke senior officers of the Obama/Biden military leadership would arrest him

So instead of "Russia Russia Russia", the plan is "Dictator Dictator Dictator". Arrest and remove from power immediately. Absolutely in no way whatsoever will he be allowed to dismantle the Deep State.

77 posted on 12/09/2023 1:06:31 PM PST by Tellurian (To the Dems, the middle class is a festering wound. They want it amputated.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Hey Liz, The Dictator is the guy pulling the strings in the current White House - Obama.


78 posted on 12/09/2023 1:19:12 PM PST by OrioleFan (Republicans believe every day is July 4th, Democrats believe every day is April 15th.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

I take nothing queer Liz says seriously.


79 posted on 12/09/2023 1:22:00 PM PST by RetiredTexasVet (Biden not only suffers fools and criminals, he appoints them to positions of responsibility. )
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Like Obama, she will never go away.


80 posted on 12/09/2023 1:46:33 PM PST by DownInFlames (p)
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