Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.), perhaps Donald Trump's biggest critic in Congress, lost her reelection bid by a landslide on Aug. 16 to Harriet Hageman, who was endorsed by Trump.
Presented by Contraceptive Access Initiative — Former President Trump and his allies are responding to a new book due out Tuesday from former Rep. Liz Cheney
Former President Trump and his allies are pushing back on former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) ahead of the release of her new book, which includes stark warnings about another Trump presidency.
Cheney, one of two Republicans who served of the House select committee that investigated the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol, said Monday on NBC’s “Today” show that “a vote for Donald Trump may mean the last election that you ever get to vote in.”
Previously, Cheney told CBS News’s John Dickerson that the U.S. is “sleepwalking into dictatorship,” adding that congressional Republicans “have been co-opted.”
Trump on Monday responded to one book excerpt from Cheney in which she said former Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) had told her Trump was depressed and not eating after the Jan. 6 attack.
“That statement is not true. I was not depressed, I WAS ANGRY, and it was not that I was not eating, it was that I was eating too much,” Trump wrote on Truth Social.
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), a top Trump ally, responded to Cheney’s warnings about a second Trump term on CNN’s “State of the Union,” saying “a continuation of the Biden presidency would be a disaster for peace and prosperity at home and abroad” and stating “Liz’s hatred of Trump is real.”
Cheney, whose book “Oath and Honor: A Memoir and a Warning” releases Tuesday, also told NBC that she’ll decide whether to launch a presidential bid within the next couple months. The Iowa caucuses are Jan. 15.
White House condemns protest outside Israeli restraurant
The White House condemned a protest outside an Israeli restaurant in Philadelphia on Sunday where demonstrators called for a cease-fire in Gaza.
White House spokesperson Andrew Bates said, “It is Antisemitic and completely unjustifiable to target restaurants that serve Israeli food over disagreements with Israeli policy[.] … This behavior reveals the kind of cruel and senseless double standard that is a calling card of Antisemitism.”
The American public is divided on Israel’s actions in Gaza in response to Hamas’s Oct. 7 attack. A recent Gallup poll found 50 percent of adults support Israel’s military action and 45 percent disapprove.
House GOP, Hunter Biden counsel dispute meaning of bank payments
House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) released subpoenaed bank records showing monthly payments of $1,380 from Hunter Biden’s Owasco PC business account to his father, President Biden, between his time as vice president and president.
Comer alleges this is evidence of President Biden’sinvolvement in his son’s business activities, while Hunter Biden’s lawyer said the younger Biden was paying his father back for a truck payment he’d helped with.
The House may vote soon on whether to formalize the impeachment inquiry into Biden, which is partly based on his family’s foreign business dealings. Former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) launched the inquiry without such a vote.
White House presses Congress to approve more Ukraine aid
Office of Management and Budget Director Shalanda Youngtold congressional leaders the government is “out of money—and nearly out of time” to continue giving aid to Ukraine, urging quick action.
monday metrics
Today’s number:
8
Number of candidates at the fourth GOP presidential primary debate in 2015: Donald Trump, Ben Carson, Sen. Marco Rubio (Fla.), former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, former tech executive Carly Fiorina, Sen. Ted Cruz (Texas), Ohio Gov. John Kasich and Sen. Rand Paul (Ky.).
The fourth GOP primary debate of the 2024 cycle, coming up Wednesday and hosted by NewsNation — The Hill’s sister network — will likely feature three or four candidates. Trump is expected to again skip the debate.
Tuesday: The House Ways and Means Committee holds a hearing with IRS whistleblowers about the Hunter Biden investigation at 10:30 a.m. Fox News’s Sean Hannity holds a town hall with former President Trump at 9 p.m.
Wednesday: The White House Tribal Nations Summit begins, ending Thursday. The fourth GOP debate takes place at 8 p.m.
Thursday: Hanukkah begins at sundown.
All times Eastern.
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