The main internal critic of the party of former US President Donald Trump, Liz Cheney, will cease to be a member of the House of Representatives from January. The Republican admitted her defeat to Harriet Hageman, her party opponent, in the Wyoming primaries.
Hageman had been supported by Trump. She will run for the Republicans in the Wyoming constituency in November’s congressional elections. Cheney’s defeat was expected. However, she made it clear that she would continue to fight Trump — and she was open to running for president in the 2024 election.
After the vote, Cheney said the United States has reached a point “where our democracy is really under attack and threatened. And I believe that those of us Republicans, Democrats and independents who believe deeply in liberty and who care about the Constitution and the future of the country, we have a duty to put that above the party”.
“Let’s do everything we can to ensure that Trump is never president again”
After admitting defeat, Cheney said he would continue to do everything in his power to ensure that Trump never became president again. A short time later, Trump wrote on the social network Truth Social, which he co-founded: “Liz Cheney is a fool who plays the game of those who want to destroy our country!”
Cheney made it clear once again that she was by no means admitting defeat — and was considering running in the 2024 presidential election. when asked about it. Recently, Cheney was frequently asked if she could imagine running in 2024. Conservatives had already left that open.
But first she wants to focus on her remaining time as a member of Congress, Cheney emphasized. There is still a lot of work to be done, especially on the commission of inquiry into the attack on the US Capitol. The GOP must return to the principles and values on which it was founded, Cheney said. “I will do whatever it takes to keep Trump out of the White House.”
Cheney voted to impeach Trump
Cheney was among 10 Republican congressmen who voted to open a second impeachment trial against Trump after the attack on Capitol Hill. However, the majority needed for a conviction was not reached in the Senate. Soon after, following pressure from Trump, Cheney was eliminated from a leadership position in her faction.
There were also votes in Alaska that were enthusiastically followed across the country. Former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin ran for Republicans for a seat in the House of Representatives that had been vacated by the death of longtime Representative Don Young. Palin competed against two competitors. It won’t be known until the end of August who gets the seat, because no one got an absolute majority in the tally on Tuesday.
As the seat will again be up for grabs in the November parliamentary elections, the primary elections were held at the same time, in which Palin, his two contestants and several other candidates ran for the candidacy. According to American media reports, Palin was selected here. The Republican was supported by Trump. She was the target of mockery during the 2008 election campaign when, as a candidate for vice president of the United States, she claimed that she could see Russia from her home in Alaska.
Senator Lisa Murkowski also ran in the Alaska primaries. She was challenged by Kelly Tshibaka, among others, who pledged her support to Trump. According to US media, both are one more round. Murkowski was among seven Republicans who voted in the Senate to impeach Trump. She is the only one in this group who has to seek re-election in November. All seats in the House of Representatives are elected every two years, in the Senate only about one in three.