After landslide primary defeat, Liz Cheney announces new anti-Trump group, says she's 'thinking about' WH bid
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Rep. Liz Cheney, fresh off a staggering primary defeat to a challenger backed by former President Donald Trump, said her main goal is keep Trump out of the White House.
"We’ve to get this party back to the principles and values on which it was founded," Cheney said in an interview with NBC's "Today Show" Wednesday morning, claiming that it has lost its way in focusing too much on Trump and his "cult of personality."
Cheney noted that in the past she has garnered more than 70% of the votes in her district's primary, and that "the path to that same victory would have been very easy," but she felt it was more important to focus on her opposition to Trump. Those efforts, which include her work on the Democrat-led House January 6 Committee, led to Trump backing Hageman in the primary race. With 99% of votes counted early Wednesday morning, Hageman led Cheney by more than 37 points.