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Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) clapped back at Sen. Ted Cruz’s (R-TX) accusation that she was suffering from “Trump Derangement Syndrome,” saying that it was actually Cruz who former President Donald Trump “broke,” and that a “real man” would have defended his wife and father against Trump’s insults.
Cruz and Cheney have been publicly sniping at each other with increasing frequency. The two lawmakers got in a Twitter spat over the weekend after Cruz joked that the only lane for Cheney in 2024 was in the “Democratic primary,” and Cheney retorted by tweeting that Cruz was “posturing for the secessionist vote” and needed to remember that he had sworn an oath to the Constitution.
On Tuesday, Cruz took a break from his crusade against Big Bird to appear on Sean Hannity’s Fox News show and say he thought Cheney was in “the category of people who Donald Trump just broke, just shattered.”
“She hates Donald Trump so much that it just
CNN Capitol Hill reporter Melanie Zanona spoke to Cheney on Wednesday, asked her about Cruz’s accusation that Trump had “broken” her.
“Trump broke Ted Cruz,” Cheney replied. “A real man would be defending his wife, and his father, and the Constitution.”
Trump infamously retweeted a post attacking Cruz’s wife, Heidi Cruz, unflatteringly comparing her looks to former First Lady Melania Trump, and promoted a bonkers conspiracy theory that Cruz’s father, Rafael Cruz, was involved in a plot to murder JFK. Cruz has been — unsurprisingly — brutally mocked for failing to defend his wife and father against Trump’s insults.