Trump denies Liz Cheney’s claim he was ‘depressed’ and ‘not eating’ after January 6; Former president says ‘I was not depressed, I WAS ANGRY’ and ‘eating too much’
- Cheney’s memoir states that Kevin McCarthy told her that Trump had not eaten since January 6th.
- He cited that as the reason for visiting him days after the Capitol riot.
- Trump responded in a new post that he “eats too much”
Liz Cheney said Donald Trump “wants to be a dictator” and could mean the end of the republic – but now the former president is accusing her of saying he hasn’t eaten since January 6th.
Cheney writes in her new book that former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy told her that Trump “isn’t eating” and is “really depressed” in early 2021.
McCarthy offered this as an explanation for why he flew to visit Trump at Mar-a-Lago just days after the Capitol riot. McCarthy condemned Trump, saying he was “responsible” for the “insurrectionist” attack, and the visit was a key moment in Trump’s efforts to re-establish himself as the leader of his party.
Former Rep. Liz Cheney told CBS Sunday morning that four more years of Donald Trump’s presidency would mean “the end of the republic” and said the US was “sliding into dictatorship.”
Trump made the claim about his diet days after he said he had “cognitive impairment.”
“Crazy Liz Cheney, suffering from a rare case of Trump Derangement Syndrome, writes in her boring new book that Keven McCarthy said he came to Mar-a-Lago after the rigged election because ‘the former president was depressed and couldn’t eat.’ Trump wrote on his website Truth Social.
“This statement is not true. I wasn’t depressed, I was ANGRY, and it wasn’t that I wasn’t eating, it was that I was eating too much. But that’s not why Kevin McCarthy was there. He was at Mar-a-Lago to rally my support and unify the Republican Party. Good intentions only,” Trump wrote.
Cheney repeatedly attacked Trump during a House hearing on January 6 last year.
Trump disputed former Rep. Liz Cheney’s account. She says former Speaker Kevin McCarthy said Trump was depressed and “not eating,” which is the reason he visited her at Mar-a-Lago in the days after the Jan. 6 attack. “I wasn’t depressed, I was ANGRY, and it wasn’t that I wasn’t eating, it was that I was eating too much,” Trump said.
Cheney’s upcoming memoir, Oath and Honor: A Memoir and a Warning, details her journey to becoming one of the most anti-Trump voices in the Republican Party.
He posted just before 1 a.m. Monday.
He then noted that Cheney lost her seat after helping lead the House committee on Jan. 6.
McCarthy has opposed Trump’s second impeachment, and the former president remains a powerful force in the House GOP and is well ahead of his Republican primary opponents in opinion polls.
When McCarthy was ousted last month, new Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) made his own pilgrimage to Mar-a-Lago.
Cheney is promoting his new memoir. Oath and honor.
She told CBS on Sunday that if Trump returns to power, it will mean the end of the Republic.
“He told us what he would do,” Chaney said. “People who say, ‘Well, if he gets elected, it’s not that dangerous because we have all these checks and balances,’ don’t fully understand the extent to which Republicans in Congress are co-opted today.”
“One of the things we see today is a kind of sleepwalking towards dictatorship in the United States,” she said.
Cheney said Monday on NBC’s “Today” show that there is “no doubt” that Trump will try to remain in office after his re-election and was asked if he wants to remain in office “forever.”
She called the idea that the country “will be fine” when Trump returns to power “naive.”