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Liz Cheney continues to fight against Trumpism 

Tuesday night, Liz Cheney came up short. It is unclear if it was a fight or a war.

After losing the Republican primary, Liz Cheney considers running for president.

The three-term Wyoming congresswoman's immediate political future was predetermined; public polling regularly showed Cheney trailing her Donald Trump-backed opponent Harriet Hageman, and the large margins of victory (66 to 29 percent with 95 percent of the votes reported) also weren't a surprise.

She said, "I received 73 percent of the vote in this primary two years ago. "I could have easily done it again. The path appeared clear. I would have had to agree with President Trump's falsehood about the 2020 election, though. It would have required me to support his ongoing efforts to destroy the democratic system and the basic ideals of our republic. I would not travel that route and could not.

Speaking directly to the camera, former vice president Dick Cheney insisted that "in the 246-year history of our country, there has never been an individual who represents a greater threat to our republic than Donald Trump."

"I won this primary two years ago with 73 percent of the vote," she remarked. "I could have done it again with ease. The way seemed obvious. However, it would have compelled me to support President Trump's fabrication regarding the 2020 election. It would have compelled me to support his continued efforts to undermine our republic's founding principles and our democratic system. I could not and would not go down that road.

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Cheney begins her challenging mission to thwart Trump after losing, but the road ahead is unclear. She confessed that a run for president is conceivable and that she has a new political organisation geared at the outgoing president and his chances in the 2020 race.

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She declared that "our country is hurtling, once again, into disaster, lawlessness, and violence." "No American should back election deniers for any position of true responsibility," she continued, appearing to declare war on the majority of the Republican Party, which has nominated candidates who have repeated Trump's fraudulent assertions about the 2020 election nationwide.

In her remarks on Tuesday, Cheney reiterated, "I am a conservative Republican." She positioned herself in front of a neutral audience of all Americans who were opposed to Trump. "Let us decide that Republicans, Democrats, and independents will stand together against those who want to topple our nation."

“I’ll make a decision in the coming months.” — Rep. Liz Cheney said about possibly running for President. pic.twitter.com/b2SjAYVN2W

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Since 1968, when another political scion, William Henry Harrison III, lost his primary for Congress, Cheney is the only incumbent federal official from Wyoming to lose a primary. Harrison and Liz Cheney shared little else in common, despite the fact that Harrison's grandpa and great-great-grandfather were both presidents. Former Democratic governor of Wyoming Mike Sullivan described him as "kind of a weak link" and denied any resemblance to Cheney, for whom he switched his party affiliation in order to vote on Tuesday. 

Liz Cheney's concession speech sounds a lot more like the declaration of someone planning to run for president in 2024 than an acknowledgment of defeat back here in 2022, according to Bill Sniffin, publisher emeritus of the Wyoming news website Cowboy State Daily.

"Liz Cheney's story is not over," he continued. This is the start. Pay attention.

Republicans still view Trump as the front-runner to receive their party's presidential nomination in 2024.