Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders (R) on Sunday mentioned former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo) is “significantly in the minority” in the case of her opposition to former President Trump.
“I do think she actually is significantly in the minority. Here, you look across the board, prominent Republicans are supporting President Trump, but ultimately, I think she’s a non factor,” Sanders mentioned on ABC Information’s “This Week.” “I’m not trying to be rude, but you don’t get to call yourself a conservative or Republican when you support the most radical nominee that the Democrats have ever put up.”
“That doesn’t make you a conservative, it certainly doesn’t make you a Republican. I think it makes you somebody who wants to protect the establishment,” she added.
The feedback got here in response to Cheney’s earlier remarks on “This Week,” throughout which she maintained she continues to be a conservative whereas voicing her opposition to Trump.
Cheney, who grew to become one of the outspoken critics of Trump following the Jan. 6 Capitol rebel, threw her assist behind Harris final week and mentioned she doesn’t suppose Republicans towards Trump “have the luxury of writing in candidates’ names.”
Sanders on Sunday mentioned she doesn’t suppose Cheney’s endorsement of Harris is “news.”
“It should come as no shock that Liz Cheney is not supporting the president, but what should come as a shock is that she is trying to call herself a conservative Republican, or either one of those two words, while supporting somebody who so clearly does not represent conservative principles,” Sanders mentioned.
Cheney argued the Republican Celebration has shifted below the management of Trump, calling it “indefensible.”
“I hope to be able to rebuild, as I said, after this cycle. But I also think it’s really important for us, as we’re thinking about rebuilding, as we’re thinking about the future of the country, to recognize that at the end of the day, the vast majority of people in this country want to know fundamentally, that their elected officials are going to defend the peaceful transfer of power and that they are going to put the Constitution first,” she mentioned.
“And as someone is you know, who’s been a lifelong Republican, it’s heartbreaking to me to see what has happened to so many of the elected officials in my party, and I know we can do better,” Cheney added.
Sanders, who served as a White Home press secretary in the course of the Trump presidency, has traditionally supported Trump.
The Hill reached out to Cheney’s crew for remark.
