Wednesday 17 August 2022 03:04 PM Ron Klain says Liz Cheney's loss shows U.S. is fighting for its democracy trends now

Wednesday 17 August 2022 03:04 PM Ron Klain says Liz Cheney's loss shows U.S. is fighting for its democracy trends now
Wednesday 17 August 2022 03:04 PM Ron Klain says Liz Cheney's loss shows U.S. is fighting for its democracy trends now

Wednesday 17 August 2022 03:04 PM Ron Klain says Liz Cheney's loss shows U.S. is fighting for its democracy trends now

White House Chief of Staff Ron Klain said on Wednesday that Liz Cheney's loss shows that the United States is fighting for its democracy over what he called the extremism of Donald Trump.

Cheney, the daughter of the former vice president, lost the Republican primary for Wyoming's House seat by more than 30 points on Tuesday night. Her defeat came after she voted for Trump's second impeachment and became one of his most prominent GOP critics for his attempts to overturn the 2020 election results.

Trump campaigned heavily against her and endorsed her opponent Harriet Hageman. 

Klain, the top official in President Joe Biden's White House, praised Cheney for not 'adopting the big lie' - which refers to Trump's false claim that he won the presidential election instead of Biden.

'I respect enormously that she took an oath of office to the constitution and stood behind that oath, instead of her commitment to one man. And I respect enormously the fact that she spoke out for the truth, instead of adopting the big lie,' Klain said on MSNBC's Morning Joe.

And he used her defeat as a rallying cry for Democrats as the November midterm approaches, which is when voters will decide which party controls Congress. 

'I do think the American people are going to have to fight for their democracy. Stand up for their democracy. And make it clear where they are,' he said.

He denounced the extreme MAGA wing of the Republican Party. Biden also has targeted the fervent Trump supporters as part of his election year message as Democrats seek to portray the GOP as too radical for mainstream America.

'When someone who won 73% of the vote last time and lost the primary by 40 points only because she wouldn't bend to the will of the ultra MAGA wing of this Republican Party and swear loyalty to Donald Trump, that tells you a lot about the state of the Republican Party in this country right now. And how extreme and how devoted to Donald Trump it is,' Klain said. 

White House Chief of Staff Ron Klain said Liz Cheney's loss shows that the United States is fighting for its democracy and that the Republican Party is in the grip of Trump's extremism

White House Chief of Staff Ron Klain said Liz Cheney's loss shows that the United States is fighting for its democracy and that the Republican Party is in the grip of Trump's extremism

Cheney was Trump's top Republican critic and refused to back down from that stance even when it cost her her position in

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