Liz Cheney says she has not ruled out running for president in 2024 and the most important issue is ‘protecting the nation from Donald Trump’
- Representative Liz Cheney has not ruled out running for president in 2024
- “I’m going to make a decision on 24 down the road,” she said in an interview Sunday on ABC’s talk show This Week.
- “The most important thing is to protect the nation from Donald Trump,” she added.
- Trump, who still wields significant influence in the Republican Party, has discussed a possible new nomination with increasing openness.
- Some outlets have reported that he may announce a new bid for the White House as early as July
Representative Liz Cheney, a rising Republican star who even refused to accept former President Donald Trump’s false allegations of stealing the election, says she has not ruled out running for president in 2024.
“I’ll make a decision on 24 down the road,” she said in an interview Sunday on ABC’s talk show This Week.
“The single most important thing is to protect the nation from Donald Trump.”
Rep. Liz Cheney (R) sat down with ABC News’ Jonathan Karl (L) in an interview that was broadcast in full Sunday morning — it was the first interview with the Wyoming congresswoman since the Jan. 6 surprise hearing on Tuesday.
“I’m going to make a decision 24 days down the road,” Rep. Liz Cheney said in an interview Sunday on ABC’s This Week.
The Wyoming Republican was one of only 10 Republicans in the House of Representatives to vote to impeach the former president for inciting the January 6, 2021 insurrection by his supporters.
The 55-year-old is now the vice chair of a special House committee investigating whether Trump was responsible for the attack on the US Capitol, where he sought to stay in power after losing the 2020 election to Democrat Joe Biden.
Cheney told ABC she believes her GOP ‘cannot last’ if the real estate mogul wins the nomination again in 2024:
“Those of us who believe in Republican principles and ideals have a responsibility to try to restore the party to what it can be,” she said.
Trump, who continues to wield significant influence in the Republican Party, has discussed a possible new nomination with increasing openness, with some outlets reporting that he may announce his campaign by the end of July.
Even as Cheney — the daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney — contemplates a bid for the White House, she’s fighting for her political life in Wyoming, where Trump-backed rival Harriet Hagman is challenging her in the state’s Republican primary, which will be held next. A month before the November midterm elections.
“I don’t intend to lose the Republican primary in Wyoming,” she told ABC reporter Jonathan Karl.
She added, “I think that’s important because I’m going to be the best actress a Wyoming resident can have.”
