Former Rep. Liz Cheney told ABC’s This Week that if former president Donald Trump is elected a second time, it will be “worse.”
Cheney’s remarks came as Trump continues his campaign for the 2024 Republican nomination.
During a recent speech, the former president promised to become a “dictator,” but just for a day.
“I think we have to take everything that Donald Trump says literally and seriously,” Cheney said.
“I think that we saw frankly what he was willing to do already after the 2020 election in the lead up to Jan. 6, after Jan. 6.”
“People need to remember that when Donald Trump woke up on the morning of Jan. 6, he thought he was going to remain as president.”
When Cheney was asked if she thought a second Trump term would be worse, she said, “Absolutely.”
“It would be worse because he has had practice and because those people who were around him, who actually did stop the worst that he was trying to do, would not be around him again,” Cheney explained.
NEW: Former GOP Rep. Liz Cheney, who is warning about the potential dangers of a second Trump presidency, tells @jonkarl Americans should take his recent dictator remark "literally and seriously." See the interview SUNDAY on This Week. https://t.co/odWftxazWm pic.twitter.com/ibHDqLstaL
— This Week (@ThisWeekABC) December 9, 2023
“Our institutions don’t protect themselves; it’s the people who do, and when you have a situation, where, for example, Mike Flynn, who suggested deploy the military to rerun the election and swing states, martial law, people like Steve Bannon, Kash Patel, sort of, you know, the craziest and least stable of the people that are around Donald Trump,” she added.
“Those are the people that he will put into the most important highest offices in the land.”
Cheney lost the primary election in 2022 following her participation on the Jan. 6 committee and becoming a vocal opponent of Trump.
Despite various indictments, Trump maintains a massive lead in the polls.
The former president pleaded not guilty to all 91 charges against him.
Cheney is doing everything to prevent Trump winning in 2024.
