Wyoming Representative Liz Cheney was Donald Trump's fiercest Republican opponent in Congress, but lost Tuesday's Republican primary, backed by former US President I lost to my rival. He strengthened Trump's grip on party foundations.
Cheney described her loss as the beginning of a new chapter, telling a small group of supporters that "our work is far from over." I will do whatever it takes to make sure he never goes near the Oval Office again," she said.
The third-term congressman and his allies won the 2020 election by the widest margin, with Trump's backing giving Harriet Hedgeman a sizeable backing. Recognizing that, she had a gloomy day about her prospects.
Cheney was already looking ahead to a political future beyond the Capitol, including the 2024 presidential election.
This could put her on another collision course with Trump.
Today's results were a strong reminder of the Republican Party's rapid shift to the right.
A political party once dominated by national security-minded, business-minded conservatives like Cheney's father and former Vice President Dick Cheney, is now Trump's ally in the 2020 election. and.
These lies, along with Trump's own Attorney General and the judges he appointed, have been vehemently rejected by federal and state election officials, criticizing Cheney as an occasional critic of the former president. In the clearest voice within, he warned: He represents a threat to democratic norms.
"We are facing a moment when our democracy is truly under attack and threatened," Cheney told CBS News early Tuesday. All of us, Republicans, Democrats and independents, who deeply believe in liberty and care about the Constitution and the future of our country, have a duty to put liberty above the party.”
56-year-old Republican delivered a similar message in a concession speech later that evening, emphasizing her plans to maintain an active presence in national affairs.
