Trump’s Rage at Liz Cheney Takes a Dark Turn— and Wrecks a Big GOP Lie

Trump says Cheney might be “in trouble,” based on something cooked up by House Republicans.

That demolishes the GOP’s spin about Kash Patel’s plans for the FBI.

Barely moments after Donald Trump announced that he’d chosen loyalist Kash Patel as FBI director,
Republicans stampeded forth to insist that this in no way means Trump will unleash law enforcement on his enemies,
even though Trump himself has threatened to do so.

Senator John Cornyn suggested such threats were only for
“public consumption.”

Senator Rick Scott said Trump is “not gonna do it.”

And Representative Dan Meuser scoffed that the very idea is “nonsense.”

These lawmakers should take a moment to consult Trump’s Truth Social feed.

At 3:11 a.m. on Wednesday,
demonstrating characteristic #emotional #balance,
Trump posted this reaction to a new report from a House subcommittee chaired by GOP Representative Barry Loudermilk,
which recommends that the FBI investigate former GOP Representative Liz Cheney over her role in the House’s January 6 inquiry:

➡️ Liz Cheney could be in a lot of trouble based on the evidence obtained by the subcommittee,
which states that “numerous federal laws were likely broken by Liz Cheney,
and these violations should be investigated by the FBI.”

Thank you to Congressman Barry Loudermilk on a job well done. ⬅️

Note the trademark #mobspeak here: Cheney could be in a lot of trouble for federal lawbreaking, Trump declares,
as if he’s merely a passive observer remarking on the danger she faces,
-- rather than someone who will control the nation’s sprawling federal law enforcement apparatus in just over a month.

Trump has been raging at Cheney for years and has amplified suggestions that she should face televised military tribunals.

Now, in a dark turn in this whole farcical saga, Trump is pretending that House Republicans have given him a legitimate basis for prosecuting Cheney,
when in fact their claims were cooked up in bad faith for precisely that purpose.

Indeed, read this way, Trump’s new missive actually wrecks the spin from Republicans that there’s no reason to fear that Patel will improperly wield law enforcement against his political enemies,
even though Patel has vowed to do exactly that.

It clearly signals that this is exactly what Trump expects from him.
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