Liz Cheney: Hold Republican donors accountable for funding Trump

Former U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) called out former President Donald Trump’s Republican donors this week for supporting a man she accused of threatening the Constitution and attempting to overturn the 2020 presidential election.

Cheney spoke at Vanderbilt University Tuesday about the Jan. 6 attacks on the U.S. Capitol, the future of the two-party system and Trump, according to an in-depth report from the student newspaper.

“I think every Republican donor who’s giving him money needs to be held accountable for the fact that they’re giving money to someone who has said, publicly, he thinks we can terminate the Constitution,” Cheney reportedly said. “He did attempt to overturn an election.”

The former Wyoming lawmaker was likely referencing Trump’s presidential immunity defense in his federal election interference case that critics say would be tantamount to crowning him king.

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“Trump’s claim of total executive immunity isn’t just unconstitutional; it is anti-constitutional and incompatible with the rule of law,” New York Times columnist Jamelle Bouie wrote Friday. “A president with that kind of power is no longer a president but a king.”

Cheney’s words went viral Friday after they were shared on X by the Republican Accountability Project, a group of that supports non-MAGA conservatives and pushes back on conspiracy theories linked to Jan. 6 and the 2020 election.