Liz Cheney Splotches Donald Trump With Golden Line About Her Past

Former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) mocked former President Donald Trump as she spelled out her Republican bona fides during a Kamala Harris campaign rally in Ripon, Wisconsin, on Thursday.

Cheney, a lifelong Republican who has become one of GOP nominee Trump’s most vocal critics, first recalled sealing envelopes for President Gerald Ford’s campaign, casting her first-ever vote in 1984 for Ronald Reagan, serving in both Bush administrations and her time as the third-highest ranking House Republican.

Then came the zinger:

“So, in other words, I was a Republican even before Donald Trump started spray tanning.”

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The line drew applause and laughter from the audience.

Cheney continued, “I am a Ronald Reagan conservative, I believe in limited government, I believe in low taxes, I believe in a strong national defense and I believe that the private sector is the engine of growth of our economy.”

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