Liz Cheney says she 'could not go along with Trump's lie' after primary defeat

Liz Cheney has been defeated in a GOP primary, losing her seat in Congress to Harriet Hageman, who was backed by the former president Donald Trump. Third-term congresswoman Cheney and her allies entered the contest downbeat about her prospects, aware that Trump’s backing gave Hageman a considerable lift in the state where he won by the largest margin during the 2020 campaign. 

'Two years ago, I won this primary with 73% of the vote. I could easily have done the same again,' Cheney said. 'The path was clear, but it would have required that I go along with President Trump’s lie about the 2020 election. It would have required that I enabled his ongoing efforts to unravel our democratic system and attack the foundations of our republic. That was a path I could not and would not take'.

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[liaml]

When this woman started her position in 2017. Her net worth was around $7 million dollars, it’s now currently at over $40 million dollars. Who are these American people she’s working so hard for exactly?

[sueevans]

She says she could not go along with Trump, well clearly the Wyoming voters couldn't go along with her.

[claygreen]

But we had to go along with her old man's lying about Iraq and WMD'S.

[haywoodhappy]

I can't trust Cheney, . I can't trust Cheney

[coveyssteve]

In a saner time, Liz Cheney would be ostracized by both parties for this kind of lunacy. Instead, we’ve got people from every big mainstream news outlet in America saying that Cheney’s almost 40-point defeat means that she should run for president in 2024. You could present that scenario to a classroom full of fourth-graders and they’d laugh you out of the room.

[jamesboswell]

I see the Guardian is batting for the neocons again. Nice work.

[danglinglong]

A Cheney is only as strong as its weakest link

[lenaadams]

She also compared herself to Abe Lincoln.

[devmag]

Yeah, your TDS is showing

Don’t let the door hit you

[winterrising]

shes happy to go along with her war criminal dad's lies though

[grumpygit]

In other words I have filled my pockets now I am off

[suburbanyobbo]

Well done Wyoming for doing the honourable thing!

[KJSvitko]

Lie, cheat and steal is all too common today. Greed and selfishness is every where.
You can not trust people, businesses, or government to be honest and truthful.
Parents and teachers stopped teaching children the "golden rule" 40 years ago and now honesty and caring for others keeps declining. Society and business can not function if no one can be trusted to tell the truth.

[lovesword]

Liz Cheney made $36 million after 6 years in congress. Where did all that money come from?

[adminhonor]

Finally, We the People get a break from the Cheney family. PS: Where is the WMD in Iraq

[walsingham-xxiii]

She should stand as a Democrat. As she is one.

[pechorin]

But she is fine with his father's lie about Iraq？

[TheDancingGamer]

She will have a great career as a Democrat

[youtubefreespeech]

So deranged she still thinks Jan 6th was an insurection.

The people have spoken

[phil]

Because she’s been paid millions not to