Liz Cheney proclaims DeSantis ‘unfit for office’ for J6 comments. What is wrong with this woman?

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) experienced what can only be described as a positive moment in his presidential aspirations on Sunday, given Liz Cheney’s popularity among Republicans.

Appearing on Face the Nation, Cheney was asked about DeSantis suggesting that as president he would look at the January 6 defendants on a case-by-case basis and consider pardons in response to concerns about the “weaponization” of government and the rejected ex-congresswoman responded by declaring the governor “unfit for office.”

 

“We have other Republican candidates for president like Ron DeSantis who have said they are open to reviewing the cases against these defendants and considering pardons for them,” CBS anchor Margaret Brennan said in setting up the media’s resident expert on January 6.

“Look, the president has pardon power and pardon authority — I think that it’s a very important piece that people ought to consider when they’re thinking about for whom they’re going to vote,” Cheney responded. “Someone who says that they would pardon individuals who assaulted the Capitol, who attempted to stop a constitutional process, who assaulted police officers – I mean, it was a bloody battle.”

“I had police officers, one, tell me that it was – it was like medieval hand-to-hand combat. The notion that the Republican Party would continue its efforts to whitewash that day, when the peaceful transition of power is at the core of the survival of our republic tells you that they’re unfit for office,” she added.

Of course, DeSantis did not say he would pardon the few who did engage in violence and Brennan didn’t bother to challenge Cheney on that point — ironically, DeSantis appears on the program after Cheney and Brennan didn’t bother to broach the topic and allow him to respond.

“The DOJ and FBI have been weaponized. We see that. We see it in a variety of contexts, some of which you mentioned. Some of it is the FBI going after parents, going to school, board meetings,” DeSantis told conservative radio hosts Clay Travis and Buck Sexton back in May.

“Some of it’s how they treat a pro-life demonstrator, how they don’t go after people that are attacking pro-lifers and so what I’m going to do is I’m going to do on day one, I will have folks that will get together and look at all these cases, who people are victims of weaponization or political targeting, and we will be aggressive in issuing pardons,” DeSantis added.

At the same time, he insisted that it “will be done on a case-by-case basis.

“We’re going to find examples where government’s been weaponized against disfavored groups and we will apply relief as appropriate,” the governor promised.

Earlier in the show, Cheney went after former President Donald Trump and U.S. Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) for calling the January 6 defendants “hostages,” suggesting that was “disgusting” and “outrageous.”

Tom Tillison

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