‘We must not fail’: Liz Cheney warns Trump ‘threatens to unravel our Republic’ and must be defeated

Liz Cheney has lashed out at former President Donald Trump branding him a threat “to unravel our Republic” who must be defeated in November.

“Take a few minutes today to read David McCullough’s speech: ‘The Glorious Cause of America,’” the Republican former Wyoming lawmaker wrote on X on July 4.

She added: “For 248 years, our freedom has survived. Now, its defense is up to us. We must defeat the former president who threatens to unravel our Republic. We must not fail.”

Washington Post opinion columnist Jen Rubin responded: “[Magnificent] and oh, so timely. Washington knew [there] was a time to retreat and a time to attack and the force of character to lead others with him.”

She added: “Discretion, judgment, character. That is what we need.”

Cheney was ousted from her role in the House Republican leadership and subsequently lost her seat in a GOP primary, because of her opposition to Trump and her work on the January 6 Select Committee investigating the 2021 insurrection.

She was one of just 10 House Republicans who voted to impeach Trump after the Capitol riot.

On Sunday, Cheney slammed Trump for sharing a meme that suggested that she’s “guilty of treason” and called for “televised military tribunals.”

“Donald – This is the type of thing that demonstrates yet again that you are not a stable adult – and are not fit for office,” she wrote at the time.

Early last month, Cheney’s political action committee shared an ad focused on D-Day in which the former Congresswoman took aim at Trump.

“America deserves a president as good and steadfast as our nation, a president of character, driven by a noble purpose, one who honors the sacrifices of our troops,” she said in the ad. “Not a man consumed by spite, revenge, and