Former Wyoming Republican Rep. Liz Cheney is weighing her role in opposing a second term for former President Donald Trump, who is set to run against President Joe Biden again in 2024.
Cheney has yet to rule out running as a third-party candidate against Trump, vowing to take any necessary action to prevent the Republican from returning to the White House.
“I certainly wouldn’t rule out running for office again,” Cheney said about her future plans, speaking at the 103rd Stephen A. Ogden Jr. ’60 Memorial Lecture on International Affairs at Brown University this week.
Cheney served as vice chairwoman of the House Jan. 6 committee and was one of 10 House Republicans who joined Democrats in voting to impeach Trump for a second time following the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol. Since losing her seat in August 2022 to a Trump-backed challenger in Wyoming’s primary, Cheney has been vocal about doing “whatever is necessary” to stop the former president from holding the Oval Office again.
“I haven’t made any decisions about it yet, but I’m going to do whatever is necessary to defeat Donald Trump,” Cheney said on CNN’s State of the Union last month.
In her role in the 2024 presidential election cycle, Cheney has yet to commit to voting for Biden despite trying to ensure Trump is not reelected. Democrats have become increasingly worried about the threat of a third-party ticket taking votes away from Biden and helping Trump. On Friday, No Labels, a centrist political organization, voted to move forward with a presidential ticket. Some Democratic strategists say Cheney’s endorsement of Biden would be far more beneficial in stopping Trump than a run for office herself.
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“If you had asked me 20 years ago whether I thought it was a really good idea for Democrats to team up with a Cheney, I would have told you that you were drinking something,” Democratic strategist Jennifer Holdsworth told the Hill. “But in this day and age, I think the more democracy-focused folks we have working towards the same goal, the better.”
Even if Cheney doesn’t commit to voting for the Democrat, she could actively support Biden’s reelection campaign. She told the Washington Post in December that she’s considering campaigning against Trump-aligned House incumbents and candidates.
