Cheney told ABC’s “This Week” co-anchor Jonathan Karl that both Ivy League-educated senators “know better.” “They both know exactly what the role of Congress is when it comes to our constitutional obligations when it comes to presidential elections, and yet they both took steps that fundamentally threatened the constitutional order and structure after the last election,” he said. he said. “Thus, in my view, they both became unfit for future office.” Cheney lost Tuesday in her primary to Harriet Hagman, a former ally backed by former President Trump who has backed unsubstantiated allegations of voter fraud in the 2020 presidential election. The Wyoming congresswoman has been an outspoken critic of Trump, voting to impeach him and serving as vice chair of the House Select Committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on Capitol Hill. He has repeatedly criticized the former president and his allies who support his allegations of electoral fraud. “It would be very difficult,” Cheney said when asked if she could endorse Cruz, Hawley and others closely associated with Trump. “I think a fundamental question for me in terms of whether someone is fit to be president or not is whether they have lived up to their constitutional obligations in the past,” he said. Cruz and Hawley are understood to be considering future White House bids, while Cheney plans to build a political group to keep Trump allies out of office. CNN’s Acosta Clashes With Trump’s Ex-DHS Chief Over Election ‘Lies’ Trump Accuses ‘Crazy’ Ex-Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao of Trying to ‘Get Rich in China’ Cheney also took aim at Florida Gov. Ron DeSandis (D), who recently campaigned in battleground states for Trump-backed candidates and is widely speculated to be weighing a 2024 presidential bid himself. “I think DeSantis is someone who, right now, is campaigning for election deniers,” Cheney told ABC. “And I think that’s something that I think people should give real pause about,” he continued. “Either you fundamentally believe in and support our constitutional structure, or you don’t.” Cheney told NBC’s Savannah Guthrie after her loss that she was also considering a run for president. “Look, you’re running for president because you think you’d be the best candidate, because you think you’d be the best president of the United States,” Cheney told ABC. “And so any decision I make to do something this important and this serious would be with the intention of winning and because I believe I would be the best candidate.”
