Cheney Issues Head-Scratching Statement Following Trump Victory

“Morning Joe” co-host Mika Brzezinski addressed a statement put out by former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyoming) addressing President-elect Donald Trump’s victory during a Wednesday segment with writer and international affairs analyst Tom Nichols.

“Tom, you argue in your latest piece for ‘The Atlantic’ that democracy is not over,” Brzezinski began before getting to Cheney’s somewhat unhinged remarks. “I’m going to get to that in just a moment. I first want to read Liz Cheney’s statement on the results of this election.

“And she says, she tweeted this out, ‘Our nation’s democratic system functioned last night and we have a new president-elect. All Americans are bound, whether we like the outcome or not, to accept the results of our elections.

We now have a special responsibility as citizens of the greatest nation on Earth to do everything we can to support and defend our Constitution, preserve the rule of law, and ensure that our institutions hold over these coming four years. Citizens across this country, our courts, members of the press, and those serving in our federal, state, and local governments must now be the guardrails of democracy,’” the co-host said before asking Nichols about “the possibility that that can happen.”

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