(MENAFN) Liz Cheney, who was Donald Trump's fiercest Republican critic in Congress, lost in a GOP primary on Tuesday to a challenger endorsed by the former president, strengthening his hold on the party's grassroots.
The third-term congresswoman and her allies had low expectations for the day going into it since they knew that Harriet Hageman would benefit greatly from Trump's support in the state where he won by the widest margin in the 2020 election. Cheney was already considering her political options beyond Capitol Hill, one of which might be a bid for the presidency in 2024, putting her on a potential collision course with Trump once more.
Speaking to a small group of supporters, including her father, former Vice President Dick Cheney, on the edge of a large field bordered by mountains and hay bales, Cheney framed her loss as the start of a new chapter in her political career.
“Our work is far from over,” she stated Tuesday evening. Referring at a presidential bid of her own, she later highlighted, “I have said since Jan. 6 that I will do whatever it takes to ensure Donald Trump is never again anywhere near the Oval Office — and I mean it.”
“Obviously we’re all very grateful to President Trump, who recognizes that Wyoming has only one congressional representative and we have to make it count,” Hageman stressed.
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