Liz Cheney, a former Republican member of the House of Representatives and critic of former President Donald Trump who served as co-chair of the congressional panel that investigated the January 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, said she is considering a third-party candidacy. party for the presidency in 2024.
In an interview with the Washington Post published Tuesday, Cheney said she was considering running for president next year as a conservative third-party candidate or on a two-party ticket that would include a Republican and a Democrat. He called Trump a threat to democracy and the United States.
“We are facing threats that could be existential to the United States and we need a candidate who can manage, resolve and confront all of these challenges,” Cheney explained.
He added that he plans to make a decision on his candidacy in the coming months.
Cheney, 57, who failed to win re-election in 2020 amid growing pro-Trump sentiment among members of her party, was the top Republican on the House committee investigating the attack by Trump supporters on the Capitol. to reverse his electoral loss to Democrat Joe Biden. . .
Cheney is convinced that another Trump presidency would be a threat to American democratic institutions.
“I believe that democracy is in danger domestically – obviously as a result of Donald Trump’s continued power in the Republican Party – and … that democracy is also in danger internationally,” he said.
