Trump goes after Liz Cheney on third anniversary of Jan. 6

NEWTON, Iowa — Former President Donald Trump criticized one-time Wyoming Republican Rep. Liz Cheney and President Joe Biden on the third anniversary of the Jan. 6 riot as he campaigns in Iowa days before 2024‘s opening nominating contest.

Cheney, who was once vice chairwoman of the Jan. 6 House Select Committee, has “Trump derangement syndrome,” according to the former president, before bragging to a crowd in Newton, Iowa, Saturday about the role he played in primarying her before last year’s midterm elections.

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Earlier, Trump mocked Biden for not being able to “define democracy” as he and other Democrats seek to underscore the importance of protecting public institutions so the 2024 general election is another referendum on Trump rather than Biden.

“This guy goes around and says I’m a threat to democracy. No, he’s a threat because he’s incompetent. He’s a threat to democracy,” Trump said. “He’s got us into wars, inflation would have never happened, [the] attack on Israel would have never happened.”

Trump spent the majority of his remarks making fun of “fool” Biden for seeming to become lost before and after his appearances, though he also speculated that he could have negotiated an end to the Civil War and scrutinized E. Jean Caroll, whose lawsuit against the former president was funded by LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman, who has also donated to former U.N. ambassador Nikki Haley.

“His speeches last about three minutes,” Trump said of Biden. “You know why? He runs out of fuel … This is not the man we should have for our president.”

Trump encouraged the crowd to caucus in Iowa on Jan. 15, joking that they “might meet someone” if they attended. Doors to Newton’s DMACC Campus opened at 10 a.m. local time, with the campaign playing “how to caucus” videos before Trump started speaking shortly after 1 p.m. However, not everyone was a supporter. One man at the back of the room loudly pushed back on Trump, saying he had closed the border.

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“You’ll see numbers that are much bigger than that,” Trump said of his average 30-plus percentage point lead in Iowa.

Trump will be in Clinton on Saturday afternoon before returning to Iowa next weekend, visiting Atlantic, Cherokee, Indianola, and Sioux City.