{"id":1610561,"date":"2022-08-17T11:33:43","date_gmt":"2022-08-17T15:33:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1610561"},"modified":"2022-08-17T11:33:47","modified_gmt":"2022-08-17T15:33:47","slug":"liz-cheney-hints-at-future-plan-after-primary-loss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/liz-cheney-hints-at-future-plan-after-primary-loss\/","title":{"rendered":"Liz Cheney Hints at Future Plan After Primary Loss"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fliz-cheney-hints-at-future-plan-after-primary-loss%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1610561&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-liz-cheney\">Liz Cheney<\/a> (R-Wyo.) said Aug. 17 she\u2019s considering a run for president in 2024 after losing in the Republican primary for the seat she now holds.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is something that I\u2019m thinking about,\u201d Cheney said on NBC\u2019s \u201cToday\u201d show.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s a decision that I\u2019m going to make in the coming months,\u201d she also said.<\/p>\n<p>Cheney was speaking after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/liz-cheney-loses-wyoming-primary-to-trump-endorsee-harriet-hageman_4666688.html\">she lost in the GOP primary<\/a> for Wyoming\u2019s only seat in the U.S. House of Representatives to Harriet Hageman.<\/p>\n<p>Hageman, backed by former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-donald-trump\">Donald Trump<\/a>, received over 113,000 votes, according to the Wyoming Secretary of State\u2019s Office. Cheney, who has become one of Trump\u2019s fiercest critics, received about 49,300 votes.<\/p>\n<p>In a victory speech in\u00a0Cheyenne, Hageman told supporters that \u201cWyoming has spoken on behalf of everyone who is concerned that the game is becoming more and more rigged against them\u201d and that voters showed \u201cwe can dislodge entrenched politicians who believe they\u2019ve risen above the people they\u2019re supposed to represent.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cheney lost despite reaching out to Democrats who have supported her efforts as vice chair of the House panel investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, breach of the U.S. Capitol. Wyoming enables voters to switch parties to vote in primaries, known colloquially as crossover voting.<\/p>\n<p>Cheney told supporters in Jackson that she could have won the primary if she had gone along with \u201cPresident\u2019s Trump lie about the 2020 election,\u201d referring to Trump\u2019s calling the election rigged.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt would have required that I enable his ongoing efforts to unravel our democratic system and attack the foundations of our republic. That was a path I could not and would not take,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>After results came in, Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/trump-says-cheneys-defeat-a-complete-rebuke-of-jan-6-committee_4670182.html\">congratulated Hageman<\/a> and said that Cheney \u201cshould be ashamed of herself, the way she acted, and her spiteful, sanctimonious words and actions towards others.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNow<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) said Aug. 17 she\u2019s considering a run for president in 2024 after losing in the Republican primary for the seat she now holds. \u201cIt is something that I\u2019m thinking about,\u201d Cheney said on NBC\u2019s \u201cToday\u201d show. \u201cThat\u2019s a decision that I\u2019m going to make in the coming months,\u201d she also said. 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