Liz Cheney Calls Trump’s Statement Bashing Colin Powell A Day After His Death ‘Pathetic Garbage’
Republican Rep. Liz Cheney of Wyoming called former President Donald Trump’s statement about Colin Powell a day after he passed away “pathetic garbage.” Powell, a retired chairman of the joint chiefs and former secretary of state, died Monday of coronavirus complications at 84. On Tuesday, Trump wrote a statement about Powell, criticizing his “big mistakes on Iraq” and favorable media coverage after news of his death broke. “He was a classic RINO, if even that, always being the first to attack other Republicans,” Trump added. “He made plenty of mistakes, but anyway, may he rest in peace!” Cheney is one of