Former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY), the anti-Trump Republican face of the recent House investigation into the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riots, has landed a book deal timed to stop the former president’s apparent march to the GOP presidential nomination.
Set to be released just months before the 2024 primary and caucus season opens, the book, already titled Oath and Honor: A Memoir and a Warning, will describe the threat to U.S. democracy she saw in the riots and still in former President Donald Trump.
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Publisher Little, Brown, and Company described Cheney as a martyr who risked all to blow the whistle on Trump’s involvement in the attempt to question and block the Electoral College election of President Joe Biden.
“Cheney will explain why she decided to stand almost alone against her party; why she risked her career, her seat, and her position in leadership to do what she knew was right,” the release said.
Publisher Bruce Nichols said, “Liz Cheney sacrificed her seat in Congress to stand up for the Constitution, and thereby became a profile in courage for the nation. It is an honor for Little, Brown to publish this urgent, much-needed account.”
Cheney, who represented Wyoming before losing her seat in a battle with Trump, said, “The last two years have shown us once again that our constitutional republic is not self-sustaining. It survives only because of the courage and honor of individual Americans. When history looks back on this time, each elected official will have to answer the questions: Did we do our duty? Were we faithful to our oath of office?”
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The book is due out Nov. 14. Because of the timing and her name appearing in multiple presidential primary polls, some will also view it as a preview for a possible presidential campaign by the daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney.
According to the publisher, “OATH AND HONOR is a memoir of these dramatic, history-changing events, and an inspirational call to action. It is a warning — at a moment when the threat has not passed — about the fragility of our constitutional republic and what is required to defend and sustain it. Cheney’s book will explain exactly what is at stake in 2024, and why no president who did what Donald Trump did can ever be given a second term.”
