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Sep 25, 2022:

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Aug 19, 2022:

Speaking with co-anchor Jonathan Karl on the ABC program "This Week," Cheney said:

I feel sad about where my party is. I feel sad about the way that too many of my colleagues have responded to what I think is a great moral test and challenge of our time, a great -- a great moment to determine whether or not people are going to stand up on behalf of the democracy and on behalf of our republic.

When asked about what her primary defeat says about Trump's hold on the Republican Party, Cheney responded:

I think, one, it says that people continue to believe the lie. They continue to believe what he's saying, which is very dangerous. I think it also tells you that large portions of our party, including the leadership of our party, both at a state level in Wyoming as well as on a national level with the RNC, is very sick.

And that you know, we really have got to decide whether or not we're going to be a party based on substance and policy or whether we're going to remain, as so many of our party are today, in the grips of a dangerous former president.

You know, what I'm fighting for is the Constitution. What I'm fighting for is a perpetuation of the republic. What I'm fighting for is the rule of law, the fact that everybody's got to abide by the rule of law. What I'm fighting for is the fact that elections have to matter and that, when the election is over, and the courts have ruled and the Electoral College has met, that the president of the United States has to respect the results of the election. What I'm fighting for is the principle that we have a peaceful transition of power and that we don't determine the -- who rules based upon violence.

And if Donald Trump's spokesman says that those are principles that are inconsistent with Donald Trump's views and inconsistent with the Republican Party's views, I think ought to give every American pause about who Donald Trump is and about what the Republican Party stands for today.

Later in the interview, Karl asked Cheney if she will be getting involved in campaigns against Republican candidates who are challenging or denying the results of the 2020 election, to which Cheney responded, "Yes."

When asked about current House Minority Leader Keven McCarthy (Republican- California), Cheney said:

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. And he's been completely unfaithful to the Constitution and demonstrated a total lack of understanding of the significance and the importance of the role of speaker. So I don't believe he should be speaker of the House.

Discussing her work on the January 6 Committee, Cheney said:

I mean, look, it was -- it was clear to me, as I was being evacuated from the House floor that day, that Donald Trump had to be impeached. I think he should have been convicted and removed from office, and everything that we've learned since then has only made that more clear.

Regarding the recent FBI Trump Mar-A-Lago raid, Cheney said:

I was ashamed to hear Republicans immediately and reflexively attack the FBI agents who executed a search warrant. I, you know, was disgusted when I learned that President Trump had released the names of those agents when he released the unredacted search warrant. And that has now caused violence, we've seen threats of violence. The judge, himself, the synagogue had to cancel services because of threats of violence. This is a really dangerous moment...And I just think that for us as a party to be in a position where we're reflexively attacking career law enforcement professionals in order to defend a former president who conducted himself the way this one did is -- it's a really sad day for the party.

Source:

(August 21, 2022). "TRANSCRIPT: ABC News' Jonathan Karl interviews Rep. Liz Cheney". ABC News. Retrieved 2022-08-28

Aug 17, 2022:

Immediately after losing her primary reelection bid in Wyoming this week to Harriet Hageman, Liz Cheney (Republican-Wyoming) announced the conversion of her reelection campaign to a PAC (political action committee) named "The Great Task."

In Cheney's concession speech she said:

Two years ago, I won this primary with 73% of the vote. I could easily have done the same again. But it would have required that I go along with President Trump's lie about the 2020 election. That was a path I could and would not take.

Speaking on the NBC "Today" show earlier today, Cheney said:

I believe that Donald Trump continues to pose a very grave threat and risk to our republic. And I think that defeating him is going to require a broad and united front of Republicans, Democrats and independents, and that's what I intend to be part of.

Cheney will continue in her role as vice chair of the House January 6 Committee this fall. She is also considering a run for the 2024 presidency.

Source:

Lizza, Ryan; Daniels, Eugene. (August 17, 2022). "Cheney to launch anti-Trump organization after primary defeat". Politico. Retrieved 2022-08-28

Montanaro, Domenico. (August 20, 2022). "The 3 prongs of Liz Cheney's campaign against Trump — will they work?". NPR. Retrieved 2022-08-28

Falconer, Rebecca. (August 16, 2022). "Cheney after GOP primary loss: 'Now the real work begins'". Axios. Retrieved 2022-08-28