Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY), who was ousted as Republican Conference Chair on Wednesday, apparently hasn’t ruled out a 2024 presidential bid in her effort to stop Donald Trump from setting foot in the White House again as commander-in-chief.
When asked during a TODAY Show interview with NBC’s Savannah Guthrie that aired Thursday if she had ruled out a presidential bid, Cheney said she believed stopping Trump was “the most important issue that we are facing right now as a country.”
“He must not ever again be anywhere close to the Oval Office,” she said.
JUST IN: “I'm going do everything that I can — both to make sure that that never happens, but also to make sure that the Republican party gets back to substance and policy.” -Rep. Liz Cheney on if she would run for president to keep former President Trump out of the Oval Office pic.twitter.com/s3fRBhdiBV
— TODAY (@TODAYshow) May 13, 2021
When asked if she would run for president in an effort to prevent Trump from winning a future presidential bid, she said she was “going to do everything that I can,” to make sure that never happens.
Cheney said that a key focus of hers will be ensuring that the Republican Party “gets back to substance and policy.”
Pressed again about whether she would consider filing to run in a bid against Trump, Cheney said: “Right now, I am very focused on making sure that our party becomes again a party that stands for truth and stands for fundamental principles that are conservative and mostly stands for the Constitution.”
“I won’t let a former president or anybody else unravel the democracy,” she added.
I’d love to see a campaign debate between her and T****.
I don’t want her to be President but the debate stage would be fabulous. Liz against the Trump faithful Cruz, Graham, Paul and Donnie himself. What a circus!
In other news, I’m not prepared to rule out a presidential bid either.
Much as I like her dumping on Who?..to paraphrase the woman herself…I don’t want HER anywhere near the Oval Office.
She’s smart and a Cheney.
I don’t think even Liz is enough of a masochist for that, not in 2024 anyway…
I think her plan is to sit tight and wait to see how Trump is faring in 2025. If Trump and Trumpism die an ugly death in the 2024 race, she’ll be there to pick up the pieces for 2028.