Former Rep. Liz Cheney, the onetime GOP leader who bolted to become one of Democrats’ biggest cheerleaders this year, said Wednesday she accepts the results of the election — but urged ongoing resistance “over these coming four years.”
“All Americans are bound, whether we like the outcome or not, to accept the results of our elections,” Ms. Cheney said in a statement where she never mentioned presumptive President-elect Donald Trump, but made clear she’s still intent on opposing him.
“Citizens across this country, our courts, members of the press and those serving in our federal, state and local governments must now be the guardrails of democracy,” Ms. Cheney said.
Ms. Cheney was the No. 3 Republican in the House at one point and was seen as a potential future House speaker until she hitched herself to the anti-Trump wing of the GOP. Republicans booted her from her leadership post in the spring of 2021, and she went on to link arms even more closely with Democrats, becoming a leading face of the highly controversial House investigation into the events of Jan. 6.
She went on to lose her Wyoming seat in the 2022 GOP primary then began a crusade to oppose Mr. Trump’s attempt to recapture the White House.
Her father, former Vice President Dick Cheney, joined her in backing Vice President Kamala Harris. Ms. Cheney even campaigned in person with Ms. Harris.
In the waning days of the campaign, Mr. Trump sparked new criticism by saying Ms. Cheney backed getting the U.S. involved in wars but “wouldn’t have the guts” to “face the enemy with a gun in her hand.”
Ms. Cheney said that was an attempt to “intimidate” her.
• Stephen Dinan can be reached at sdinan@washingtontimes.com.
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