Liz Cheney: “We are not delaying the election”

July 31, 2020

Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney on NBC's Meet the Press Sunday — h/t Rep. Liz Cheney's Office

Republican United States Representative for Wyoming, Liz Cheney, took to Twitter this week to respond to national news headlines inspired by President Donald Trump about potentially delaying the 2020 election.

Earlier this week President Trump floated the idea of delaying the 2020 election, based on his allegations that there may be increased mail-in voting fraud.

Cheney fired back at that scenario on Twitter Thursday.

We are not moving the date of the election. The resistance to this idea among Republicans is overwhelming. We must take all necessary steps to prevent election fraud – including stopping Democrat ballot harvesting – but we will not be delaying the election.
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— Liz Cheney (@Liz_Cheney) July 30, 2020

Earlier this summer, Cheney made headlines with the Trump campaign after a Florida Representative, Matt Gaetz, tweeted that Cheney had been, “working behind the scenes against Trump and his agenda.”

Donald Trump Jr. retweeted the comments from Gaetz, comparing Liz to Utah Senator Mitt Romney.

We already have one Mitt Romney, we don’t need another… we also don’t need the endless wars she advocates for. https://t.co/RDkJDA9UOZ— Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) July 21, 2020

Kentucky Senator Rand Paul also weighed in on the argument.

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We should all join @realDonaldTrump in advocating to stop our endless wars. Liz Cheney not only wants to stay forever, she’s leading the fight to try to stop him from leaving. Unacceptable. https://t.co/yCS93P3zos— Rand Paul (@RandPaul) July 21, 2020