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The Washington Post reports: Liz Cheney, one of the most vociferous critics of Donald Trump in the Republican Party, says she is weighing whether to mount her own third-party candidacy for the White House, as she vows to do “whatever it takes” to prevent the former president from returning to office. “Several years ago, I would not have contemplated a …

“There’s no question. He’s already done it once. And in fact, if you look at what he did in the run-up to January 6th, in terms of his pressure on the Vice President not to count legitimate electoral votes, his pressure on the Department of Justice, on state officials, and then refusing to send help when the Capitol was under …

“He’s told us what he will do. It’s very easy to see the steps that he will take. People who say, ‘Well, if he’s elected, it’s not that dangerous because we have all of these checks and balances,’ don’t fully understand the extent to which the Republicans in Congress today have been co-opted. One of the things that we see …

CNN reports: Throughout “Oath and Honor,” Liz Cheney describes how she saw her Republican colleagues go from condemning Trump to falling back in line and supporting his claims of election fraud. Cheney reveals for the first time that McCarthy told her just two days after Election Day that he had talked to Trump and that Trump acknowledged he had lost. …

USA Today reports: Former Wyoming Republican Rep. Liz Cheney said in an interview that former President Donald Trump is the “single most dangerous threat” the country faces and did not rule out a 2024 presidential bid. On CNN’s “State of the Union,” host Jake Tapper said it was likely Trump would be the Republican nominee and asked Cheney what a …

“What we’ve seen is a result of the leadership decisions that Kevin McCarthy made back after the 2020 election and certainly after January 6. “Looking the other way in the face of the kind of assault on our democracy that we’ve seen from Donald Trump and his allies in the house, including Jim Jordan. elevating those members, frankly, some of …

Mediaite reports: Ex-Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) blasted her former House GOP colleague Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) on Friday and warned Republicans that if they make him House speaker they will lose the majority in the next election. Last weekend Cheney also put Jordan on blast while giving a speech at the University of Minnesota. “Jim Jordan knew more about what …

“After the 2020 election and the attack of January 6th, my fellow Republicans wanted me to lie. They wanted me to say the 2020 election was stolen, the attack of January 6th wasn’t a big deal, and Donald Trump wasn’t dangerous. “I had to choose between lying and losing my position in House leadership. Cleta Mitchell, an election denier and …

Mediaite reports: Liz Cheney is incensed after Donald Trump publicly hugged a Jan. 6 rioter in New Hampshire Thursday, and she warned the GOP that they are “endorsing his conduct.” Cheney retweeted NBC’s Vaughn Hilliard, who wrote, “To note: This J6 Defendant who was embraced by Trump last night is a member of Negative48 & when I interviewed her last …

From the book’s description on Amazon: A gripping first-hand account from inside the halls of Congress as Donald Trump and his enablers betrayed the American people and the Constitution–leading to the violent attack on our Capitol on January 6th, 2021—by the House Republican leader who dared to stand up to it. In the aftermath of the 2020 presidential election, Donald …

USA Today reports: Former Wyoming GOP Rep. Liz Cheney is joining the University of Virginia’s Center for Politics following her ouster from Congress by a Trump-backed candidate last year. Cheney will serve as a professor of practice for UVA in an inaugural appointment. She will teach through the fall 2023 semester, according to a press release. Her duties include holding …

The Huffington Post reports: Donald Trump-backed conspiracy theorist Kari Lake on Monday night lost her bid for governor in Arizona ― and some members of her own party couldn’t be happier. Lake frequently attacked other Republicans and last month even mockingly thanked anti-Trump Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) for endorsing her Democratic opponent, Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs. On Monday, …

Mediaite reports: Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) took her fellow Republican lawmaker, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA), to task on Friday for pushing an isolationist foreign policy after vowing during a Thursday Trump rally in Iowa to cut off U.S. funding to help Ukraine defend itself from the ongoing Russian invasion of the country. The exchange began with Cheney tweeting a …

CNN reports: The House select committee investigating the January 6, 2021, insurrection is “in discussions” with former President Donald Trump’s attorneys about testifying under oath in the probe, Republican Rep. Liz Cheney of Wyoming, the vice chairwoman of the panel, said Tuesday. Trump faces a Friday deadline to respond to the committee’s subpoena for documents, and a November 14 deadline …

“We are going to proceed in terms of the questioning of the former president under oath. It may take multiple days, and it will be done with a level of rigor and discipline and seriousness that it deserves. “He’s not going to turn this into a circus. This isn’t going to be first debate against Biden and the circus and …

The Texas Tribune reports: U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney said she would do “whatever it takes” to make sure former President Donald Trump is not the GOP presidential nominee during the 2024 elections, including stumping for Democrats running against election deniers running as Republicans. “I certainly will do whatever it takes to make sure Donald Trump isn’t anywhere close to the …

NBC News reports: A bipartisan duo on the Jan. 6 committee on Monday rolled out legislation aimed at preventing future attempts to overturn elections, and House leaders are eyeing a vote as early as this week. The Presidential Election Reform Act, unveiled by Reps. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., and Zoe Lofgren, D-Calif., centers on overhauling the Electoral Count Act, an archaic …

The Wall Street Journal reports: Ms. Cheney, in the interview Sunday, cited as potential targets Sens. Ted Cruz of Texas and Josh Hawley of Missouri, as well as Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, all of whom are Republicans with presidential ambitions. Of the two senators, she said that both “took steps that fundamentally threatened the constitutional order and structure in the …

The Hill reports: Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) said she will focus on keeping election deniers out of office following her loss in her reelection bid, noting that she is still focused on her role on the Jan. 6 committee as well as “tremendous work left to do as Wyoming’s representative in Congress.” “I’m going to be very focused on working …

The Hill reports: “My views about Kevin McCarthy are very clear. The Speaker of the House is the second in line for the presidency. It requires somebody who understands and recognizes their duty, their oath, their obligation,” Cheney told ABC News’ Jonathan Karl in an interview on “This Week” when asked if the country would be better or worse off …