Cheney says she may launch 3rd party bid against Trump, claims he could end democracy
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Liz Cheney says she is weighing a third-party bid against Trump as she issues dire claims about how him returning to power could be the end of American democracy
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Liz Cheney says she is weighing a third-party bid against Trump as she issues dire claims about how him returning to power could be the end of American democracy
Republican former U.S. Representative Liz Cheney, an outspoken critic of former president Donald Trump who co-chaired the congressional probe of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, said she is weighing a third-party bid for the White House in 2024.
Liz Cheney says she is weighing whether to mount her own third-party candidacy for the White House, as she vows to do “whatever it takes” to prevent former president Donald Trump from returning to office.
The former representative says a second Trump presidency would be an "existential threat" to democracy: "There's simply no defense, no excuse for putting that power back in the hands of Donald Trump."
If she does not run for the White House, Cheney, a former Republican congresswoman and a daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney, is not ruling out voting for Biden or campaigning for him.
Cheney, who is now professor of practice with the University of Virginia Center for Politics, receded from the spotlight for much of this year after her prominent role in a congressional panel that investigated the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol by a pro-Trump mob.
Former Wyoming Republican Rep. Liz Cheney is considering running as a third-party presidential candidate in 2024, taking aim at former President Donald Trump's bid.
Former Republican Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney said she is contemplating a third-party presidential run, warning of the dangers that would come from former President Donald Trump serving as president next year for a second term.
