Pure Fire: Gov. Sarah Sanders Hits The Big Issue With Cheneys, Other 'Republicans' Endorsing Harris

Posted • September 9, 2024: Liz Cheney's fifteen minutes were up several years ago, to borrow the famous phrase from the late, pop artist/filmmaking genius Andy Warhol. Yet she persists, seemingly only fixated on one goal in life: Demonizing former President Donald Trump and doing whatever she possibly can to prevent voters from returning him to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue in November. In loving support of that group's efforts, loyal Democrat soldiers in arms ABC News featured the disgraced, former Wyoming Republican congresswoman as its opening guest on the "This Week" program Sunday. I'm not going to give a full run-down on all of the dishonest statements Cheney made during her sit-down with host Jon Karl, but one detail really stuck out to me. The way this segment of the questioning started, with Karl asking her whether she still considers herself a Republican, because she said she would leave the GOP if Trump were the nominee, says so much.

She flatly stated that she's "a conservative…[I've] been a lifelong Republican…I’m certainly not a Trump Republican." Take a listen to this, though, something so conniving, I wouldn't have believed she said it unless I saw it with my own eyes. It was in reply to the host asking Cheney to react to Republicans "who are absolutely adamant they're not supporting Donald Trump but they're not taking the next step, they're going to write somebody in." He name-checks Mitt Romney, former vice president, Mike Pence, and former Gov. Larry Hogan (R-MD). Former GOP Rep. Liz Cheney to Republican leaders who are hesitant to publicly support Kamala Harris: "If you really do recognize the threat that Donald Trump poses, then it's not enough to simply say, 'I’m not going to vote for him.'" https://video.twimg.com/amplify_video/1832783794731970560/vid/avc1/1280x720/0B0MnIDUESzr6mf5.mp4

Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders (R-AR), who was press secretary during the Trump administration, then had the unenviable task of reacting to Cheney. She didn't just give a perfunctory response, which would have been good enough. More on that in a minute. Sanders let viewers in on an insider analysis/preview for the debate Tuesday, and why she thinks we aren't really hearing about Trump but pages and pages of stories on Harris' debate prep: Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders tells Jon Karl that “every day is debate prep for Donald Trump.” - “He'll go in game time ready just as he does for every interview, every rally that he does. This is not something that is a heavy lift for him.” https://video.twimg.com/amplify_video/1832806580380725248/vid/avc1/1280x720/dUjoWHHR_lsr6doH.mp4 -- She said the contrast couldn't be clearer: "Donald Trump has a good story to tell. He shows up at this debate from a position of strength."

Here was the best part. She spoke for so many of us in the conservative movement, on exactly what these endorsements of a progressive Democrat say about Cheney and other Never Trump "Republicans." Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders on former Rep. Liz Cheney endorsing Kamala Harris: “I’m not trying to be rude, but you don't get to call yourself a conservative or a Republican when you support the most radical nominee that the Democrats have ever put up.” (…)

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