As if she was important, there has been speculation as to 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.
Cheney has vowed that she’ll 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.
At the same time, she has said she won’t be a spoiler third-party candidate if it helps Trump — leaving some Democrats curious, even hopeful, she’ll publicly endorse Biden instead.
“If 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,” said Democratic strategist Jennifer Holdsworth. “But in this day and age, I think the more democracy-focused folks we have working towards the same goal, the better.”
Holdsworth said she would “welcome” a Cheney endorsement despite their policy differences and Cheney’s track record on issues such as women’s rights, while also acknowledging such a move would complicate the former congresswoman’s future political ambitions.
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.
Despite her conservative track record, where she aligned with Trump at 96%, 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’s baseless claims about the 2020 elections and his conduct during the Capitol riot.
