{"id":612539,"date":"2024-03-13T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-03-13T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/cheney-fuels-speculation-about-her-next-move\/"},"modified":"2024-03-13T13:00:00","modified_gmt":"2024-03-13T10:00:00","slug":"cheney-fuels-speculation-about-her-next-move","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/cheney-fuels-speculation-about-her-next-move\/","title":{"rendered":"#Cheney fuels speculation about her next move"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/11\/AP22094784047041-e1701261455641.jpg?w=900\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Speculation is growing about the role former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) will play in the 2024 election as President Biden and former President Trump barrel toward a rematch.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Cheney has vowed that she\u2019ll do whatever it takes to keep Trump from returning to the White House. She has left the door open to running an independent bid and recently launched her political action committee, the Great Task, after Nikki Haley dropped her long-shot primary challenge against Trump.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr1_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>At the same time, she has said she won\u2019t be a spoiler third-party candidate if it helps Trump \u2014 leaving some Democrats curious, even hopeful, she\u2019ll publicly endorse Biden instead. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you had asked me 20 years ago, whether I thought it was a really good idea for Democrats to team up with a Cheney, I would have told you that you were drinking something,\u201d said Democratic strategist Jennifer Holdsworth. \u201cBut in this day and age, I think the more democracy-focused folks we have working towards the same goal, the better.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Holdsworth said she would \u201cwelcome\u201d a Cheney endorsement despite their policy differences and Cheney\u2019s track record on issues such as women\u2019s rights, while also acknowledging such a move would complicate the former congresswoman\u2019s future political ambitions.<\/p>\n<p>Cheney underwent a sudden political evolution in the wake of the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack, going from a once-rising GOP star to someone vilified by her party for her opposition to Trump.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Despite <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/projects.fivethirtyeight.com\/congress-trump-score\/liz-cheney\/\">her conservative track record<\/a>, she was ousted from her position as House GOP conference chair and lost her primary last cycle to a Trump-backed challenger over her objection to Trump\u2019s baseless claims about the 2020 elections and his conduct during the Capitol riot.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Instead, she\u2019s become one of the main faces of the anti-Trump movement, having sat on a bipartisan panel to investigate Jan. 6 and using her platform to target Trump-aligned candidates, including Arizona\u2019s Mark Finchem and Kari Lake, during the November 2022 midterms, while endorsing some Democrats, such as Rep. Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.). \u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr2_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>Since leaving office, she has also released a memoir and doubled down on her criticism of Trump \u2014 the kind of behavior that might signal presidential ambitions. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Cheney has said as recently as January that she is leaving the door open to a White House run. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI haven\u2019t made a decision about that,\u201d she said on \u201cThe View\u201d in January. \u201cBut I think it\u2019s really important, I mean, what you said \u2014 this election cycle, everybody has to go vote. Everybody has to go vote,\u00a0and you\u2019ve got to be willing to say, \u2018Look, I\u2019m not necessarily going to vote for the candidate who belongs to the party that I belong to, I\u2019m going to find the candidate who I know I can trust to defend the Constitution.\u2019\u201d \u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr3_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>Cheney has also said she would not do anything to aid Trump. Some Democrats are skeptical she\u2019ll launch an independent candidacy given concerns that it could hurt Biden, but it has left the party wondering what exactly she will do.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Florida-based Democratic pollster Fernand Amandi said it was critical for Cheney to publicly endorse Biden, in the hopes it will attract anti-Trump voters who might otherwise support a third-party candidate.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe problem is that the specter of\u00a0third-party candidates means that there could be off-ramps for anti-Trump conservatives swayed by Cheney \u2026 who might then vote third party, which would be a benefit for Trump, not Biden,\u201d Amandi said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr4_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>But some of Cheney\u2019s Democratic colleagues in the House see her message resonating regardless of what she does.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s up to Liz, but she clearly has been a defender of democracy and someone who is sounding the alarm about how dangerous Donald Trump is. I\u2019m comfortable if that\u2019s the role that she occupies,\u201d said Rep. Pete Aguilar (D-Calif.), who served with her on the House panel investigating the Capitol riot, when asked what role he believed she should play in the 2024 race.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think her continuing to talk about Donald Trump being a threat to democracy is enough,\u201d the California Democrat added. \u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr5_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.), another member who served on the House panel,\u00a0said he hoped to see her reach out to \u201cdisaffected and disenchanted Republicans\u201d about Trump and the threat he poses. He\u00a0didn\u2019t advise her on whether she should endorse Biden.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want her to do what is going to be most effective for the preservation of the republic, and she has a very strong gut check on that,\u201d he said. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>So far, Cheney has not said whether she\u2019ll endorse the president in the 2024 election, underscoring the tricky political terrain she must navigate as a vocal Trump critic whose ideologies largely still align with the Republican Party.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr6_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>Though the anti-Trump faction is a minority within the GOP, Cheney\u2019s actions have the potential to sway voters and make the difference in a presidential election that will come down to the wire again in key states such as Arizona and Georgia. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Biden for his part has not talked much about Cheney publicly in recent months, but he has expressed admiration for her, saying in 2022 that \u201cI don\u2019t agree with anything that Liz Cheney believes about the substantive issues, but I admire the hell out of her.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Still, there\u2019s hope among some Republicans that she will ultimately come home.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr7_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>Former Rep. Bradley Byrne (R-Ala.), who was close to Cheney when they served in the House, said that while he understands Cheney is a Trump critic, he can\u2019t see her backing Biden either. He said he\u2019d prefer to see her back the former president.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat doesn\u2019t mean she has to agree with President Trump,\u201d Byrne said, but added that \u201cthis is truly a binary choice\u201d between Biden and Trump. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s an argument other Republicans, like former Attorney <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/general\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"3\" title=\"General\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">General<\/a> Bill Barr (R), have made too, though it hasn\u2019t swayed Cheney.<\/p>\n<p>Democrats believe there\u2019s a place for her in this election even if she occupies her own lane.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou don\u2019t have to always put on the same jersey to be on the same team. And I think that there are ways that [anti-Trump Republicans]\u00a0can play ball without wearing our jersey,\u201d Democratic strategist Antjuan Seawright said. \u201cBecause it truthfully could, again, have unintended consequences if they were to do so.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><em>Mychael Schnell contributed to this report<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Copyright 2024 Nexstar <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Media<\/a> Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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