Liz Cheney’s Speech at Elite Institution: A 2024 Presidential Run in the Works?

Is Liz Cheney Preparing for a 2024 Presidential Run?

Former U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney is set to give a graduation speech at her alma mater, Colorado College, an elite liberal arts college in Colorado. The event has sparked questions about her political future and her unwavering stance against Donald Trump.

“I feel very strongly about where the country needs to go, and I feel very strongly about how important it is that Donald Trump not be president ever again,” Cheney said at a March forum at Boston College.

Cheney is expected to touch on themes similar to those she has promoted since leaving office in January, including her work on the House January 6 Select Committee that investigated the U.S. Capitol incursion and standing up to the threat she believes Trump poses to democracy.

Could Cheney Enter the 2024 GOP Presidential Primary?

Cheney’s busy speaking schedule and subject matter have fueled speculation about whether she may enter the 2024 GOP presidential primary. While other potential candidates have calibrated their remarks about Trump, Cheney has embraced anti-Trump messaging to the same extent as no other Trump challenger.

“Though she would face an uphill battle, Cheney’s fierce anti-Trump stance and her role as vice chairwoman of the Jan. 6 Select Committee elevated her platform high enough to call on a national network of donors and Trump critics to support a White House run,” reports The Western Journal.

A super PAC organized to support her candidacy has remained active, including purchasing attack ads on New Hampshire airwaves against Trump this month.

Cheney’s Speaking Tour

After leaving office and being replaced by a Trump-backed Republican who defeated her in last year’s primary, Cheney was appointed to a professorship at the University of Virginia and wrote “Oath and Honor,” a memoir scheduled to hit shelves in November.

Cheney graduated from Colorado College in 1988 and the Colorado Springs school is also her mother Lynne’s alma mater. Cheney also is a graduate of the University of Chicago Law School.

Students at Colorado College offered mixed reactions when she was named commencement speaker in March, including some who staged a small protest over her pre-incursion voting record.

Cheney’s speaking tour appears to be picking up. She is scheduled to appear Thursday at the Mackinac Policy Conference in Michigan.

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