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Shortly after losing the Wyoming Republican primary to Harriet Hedgeman, Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyoming) announced her next move, pledging to stop former President Trump from returning to office. As a goal, we launched a new organization.
The group, called The Great Task, got its name from a phrase in the Gettysburg Address in which Cheney invoked President Lincoln in calling for the Republican Party to return to its roots.
In an interview with NBC’s “Today Show” Wednesday morning, Cheney said, “We have to bring this party back to its founding principles and values,” adding that the focus is too much on Trump and his president. He claimed to have lost his way. “personality cult”.
Cheney, who has won more than 70% of the vote in his district’s primary in the past, said “the road to the same victory would have been very easy,” but he has focused on the opposition. I felt it was more important to hit. to Trump. These efforts, including her job on the Democratic-led House Jan. 6 Committee, led to Trump endorsing Hageman in the primary. Early Wednesday morning, with her 99% of the votes tallied, Hageman leads her Cheney by over 37 points.
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“No political institution is more important than the principles we have sworn to uphold,” said Cheney, who seems to regret nothing about her decision to focus on Trump rather than local issues.
Looking ahead, Cheney said she will resume her job in the House until her term ends, and that she and her organization will continue to follow Trump.
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“I think it will take a broad united front of Republicans, Democrats and independents to beat him, and that’s what I’m going to be on,” she said.
Cheney believes Trump is directly responsible for the January 6, 2021 Capitol riots, and at one point in the interview he said, “Trump attacked the Capitol,” blaming it. Advocates of the former president point out that Trump said in a speech that day that protesters of the election results should keep the peace. ing.
When asked by Savannah Guthrie if Cheney lost sight of issues that Wyoming voters care about, Cheney replied, “As a nation, we don’t get the chance to debate and talk about other issues.” said. our republic. ”
To that end, Cheney has made it clear that she will continue to be her sole focus.
“I will do whatever it takes to keep Donald Trump out of the Oval Office,” she said.
When asked if running for president in 2024 would include that, Cheney said he wasn’t ready to make that call yet, but said he would make that decision “in the coming months.”
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Cheney has been accused of abandoning her own party — her campaign even reached out to Democrats to urge them to change parties so they could vote for her in the primary — she said following Trump meant the Republicans She said Trump had “betrayed Republican voters” and argued that the party must return to its basic principles of small government, strong defense, low taxes and family.
“That’s the principle I believe in. It’s what the party used to stand for and we have to get the party back on it,” she said.