Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney considers herself a “big tent” Republican. And that even includes being friendly with Democrats, an old-school trait that has nearly disappeared in partisan Washington.
Last week, Cheney revealed that she has become close to a key Democrat on the committee investigating the Jan. 6 riots, Maryland Rep. Jamie Raskin.
In a closed-door dinner with the centrist Ripon Society, the daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney recalled that she first met Raskin after they both were elected in 2016.
“One of the people who has become a very good friend of mine in the last several months is Jamie Raskin, congressman from Maryland,” Cheney said.”We were elected the same year.”
“And Jamie and I were talking, and he said to me, ‘You know, I’m a constitutional law professor,’” recalled Cheney of their first meeting.
“And I said, ‘Oh, that’s wonderful.’ And he said, ‘I’ve written some books,’” she added.
Intrigued but showing the limits of Capitol Hill friendships, she asked him to send her a sample. “I’d love to see one of your books,” Cheney said.
Raskin turned sheepish and quiet, Cheney said.
“He said, ‘Well, my most recent book is about how George Bush and Dick Cheney stole the election in 2000,’” Cheney said to laughs in the crowd, to which she responded, “I don’t really need that one. Give me one of the other ones.”
