Rep. Liz Cheney of Wyoming is headed to New Hampshire as she positions herself as a leading Republican opponent to former President Donald Trump.
According to the New Hampshire Union Leader, Cheney is scheduled to keynote an event in New Hampshire, a key early primary state in Republican presidential primaries, as speculation Trump will seek the White House in 2024 heats up. The congresswoman is urging Republican voters, and Republicans in Congress, to abandon their support for Trump, saying his claims that the 2020 election was stolen and his refusal to concede defeat to President Joe Biden disqualify him from political leadership and from holding public office.
Cheney is scheduled to appear in New Hampshire on Nov. 9 to headline an annual gala promoting the First Amendment hosted by the Nackey S. Loeb School of Communications. According to the school’s website, previous speakers at this event have included Trump and President Joe Biden.
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Cheney, the daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney, is embroiled in a dogfight for reelection in her home state, as Trump and his loyalists mobilize against her in the Republican primary. This month, Trump endorsed Republican Harriet Hageman over several other candidates, hoping to reduce the chances that the anti-Cheney vote is split in the primary, allowing the incumbent to hold on.
Trump is popular in Wyoming, winning nearly 70% of the vote there in 2016 and 2020, suggesting Cheney could have trouble winning renomination.
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But the congresswoman has vowed to run for reelection nonetheless and believes she can win. Cheney, who previously supported Trump, voted to impeach him in the waning days of his term in office on an article of impeachment alleging he was culpable for the riot at the Capitol on Jan. 6, during which the former president’s supporters attempted to block the congressional certification of President Joe Biden’s Electoral College victory.
The congresswoman has not ruled out a presidential bid of her own in 2024, but she emphasized her focus is on 2022.
