Tag: Liz

Ex-Ford foundation member calls Liz Cheney ‘only person on this planet’ worthy of top award after snub he says was over Trump

Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer David Hume Kennerly on Thursday defended former Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., after he resigned from the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Foundation over its refusal to consider her for its Medal for Distinguished Public Service — a snub he claims was driven by the possibility of former President Donald Trump winning this year’s […]

Gerald Ford foundation accused of not honoring Liz Cheney over Trump fears

Gerald Ford’s White House photographer resigned from the board of the 38th president’s eponymous foundation and alleged it refused to honor Liz Cheney, the anti-Trump former Republican congresswoman, for fear of reprisal should Donald Trump return to power next year. Related: Liz Cheney read my book: a historian, Lincoln and the lessons of January 6 […]

Liz Truss bid to reform transgender law runs out of time after MPs’ filibuster

Liz Truss’ attempt to ban transgender women from female-only spaces will not be debated after MPs “talked out” her proposal. The Commons was due to debate the former UK prime minister’s proposed legislation on Friday, which would also have barred transgender women from participating in women’s sports and stopped children attempting to change their sex. […]

Liz Cheney spars with Mark Levin on social media after he called her ‘sleazy’

Former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) went back and forth with Fox News’s Mark Levin this weekend after he called her “sleazy” amid allegations that she poorly ran the GOP side of the House Jan. 6 committee. An article in The Federalist accused Cheney of suppressing “exonerating evidence” against former President Trump, citing previously unseen committee […]

Dean Phillips says it’s ‘absurd’ that Amy Klobuchar is running for reelection while comparing himself to Liz Cheney

Rep. Dean Phillips said it’s “absurd” that Sen. Amy Klobuchar is running for reelection this year. He said his fellow Minnesota Democrat and others are “precluding other generations” from serving. Phillips, who’s waging a longshot bid against Biden, suggested 18-year term limits for Congress. As Sen. Amy Klobuchar seeks a fourth term in the Senate, one fellow […]

Liz Cheney Tears Into Donald Trump Over ‘Disgraceful’ NATO Threats

Liz Cheney says Donald Trump’s recent threats against NATO allies demonstrate a “dangerous” misunderstanding of America’s foreign diplomacy. In a Sunday interview on CNN’s “State of the Union,” the former congresswoman told Jake Tapper she was outraged by Trump, who earlier this month said he would “encourage” Russian President Vladimir Putin to attack NATO signatories that […]

On the trail, Dean Phillips finds inspiration in Liz Cheney

CONCORD, N.H. — Democratic Rep. Dean Phillips brings up Donald Trump and Joe Biden a lot during his underdog presidential campaign. But another name has also become a fixture of Phillips’ campaign events in New Hampshire: Liz Cheney. Phillips has cited the former No. 3 House Republican at nearly every one of his campaign events […]