If Liz Cheney seeks the GOP presidential nomination in 2024, the outgoing congresswoman’s bid will end in another defeat, Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) predicts.
Driving the news: After losing his primary this month to a Trump-backed challenger, Cheney has signaled that he will begin laying the groundwork for a possible White House bid as an alternative to anti-Trump Republicans.
What she’s saying: “I don’t know if she really wants to do this. She wouldn’t become the nominee if she ran. I can’t imagine that happening,” Romney told attendees at a Utah Chamber of Commerce event on Thursday , by Deseret News.
- Romney endorsed Cheney in his primary, but acknowledged that his chances were slim “in the time of Trump,” according to Business Insider.
Current status: Cheney has been a vehement critic of Trump, and that has already cost him another term in Congress.
- In addition to supporting his impeachment, he has worked closely with Democrats investigating his role in the Jan. 6 Capitol riot and efforts to nullify the 2020 presidential election.
- “I think Donald Trump continues to pose a very serious threat and risk to our republic,” Cheney said on the “Today” show. “And I think defeating him will require a broad, united front of Republicans, Democrats and independents, and that’s what I intend to be a part of.”
Yes, but: Preventing Trump from winning the nomination if he eventually runs again may be impossible, Romney said.
- “My party has changed a lot over the last decade. It’s going to change again over the next 10 years. I can’t tell you how, but I think we’re going to have more voices than one at some point,” Romney said. Deseret News reports.
- “But right now one voice, and that’s President Trump’s voice, is the loudest and the loudest and standing up to him is something that people will do at their peril.”