Former GOP Lawmaker Calls Out “Dangerous” Mike Johnson

At this point, Liz Cheney should officially switch parties and get it over with.

During an appearance on the “Politics is Everything” podcast from the University of Virginia’s Center for Politics, the former Republican lawmaker called newly-elected speaker Mike Johnson “dangerous” for the country.

Cheney claimed that Johnson was dangerous because he supported President Trump’s claim that the 2020 election was stolen.

Liz Cheney says new Speaker Mike Johnson is a 'dangerous' person to lead the House https://t.co/geKq9wRz45

— USA TODAY (@USATODAY) November 1, 2023

From Fox News:

“One of the reasons why somebody like Mike Johnson is dangerous is because when you have elected Republicans who know better, elected Republicans who know the truth but yet will go along with the efforts to undermine our republic, the efforts, frankly, that Donald Trump undertook to overturn the election,” Cheney said.

According to Cheney, Johnson “was acting in ways that he knew to be wrong” when he sought to convince fellow House Republicans to sign an amicus brief for one of the lawsuits Trump filed questioning the 2020 election.

“And, I think that the country unfortunately will come to see the measure of his character,” she added.

Professor @Liz_Cheney, @uva @Center4Politics Professor of Practice, says new House Speaker Mike Johnson is "dangerous". Hear her reasons in our exclusive interview on a new episode of the Center for Politics' podcast "Politics Is Everything." Listen here or wherever you pod:… pic.twitter.com/xZgBRGmZHu

— Larry Sabato (@LarrySabato) November 1, 2023

Cheney, who was chair of the GOP conference before being pushed out of her role due to her anti-Trump stances, said she worked closely with Johnson during her time in the House.

“Mike [Johnson] is somebody that I knew well. We were elected together. Our offices were next to each other, and Mike is somebody who says that he’s committed to defending the Constitution. But that’s not what he did when we were all tested in the aftermath of the 2020 election,” Cheney said.

“In my view, he was willing to set aside what he knew to be the rulings of the courts, the requirements of the Constitution, in order to placate Donald Trump, in order to gain praise from Donald Trump, for political expedience. So it’s a concerning moment to have him be elected speaker of the House,” Cheney said.

Here’s the story of how @Liz_Cheney confronted future Speaker of the House Mike Johnson for his leading role in trying to overturn the 2020 election results — from my book “Betrayal” pic.twitter.com/HNxKL2PGMQ

— Jonathan Karl (@jonkarl) October 25, 2023

While it is understandable that she is still upset that she was kicked out of the Republican party, she has to let the anger go at some point.

She was once the third-highest ranking member of the Republican Party, now she just sounds like a jilted lover who can’t stop talking about her ex.