Liz Cheney says she is considering running for president in 2024

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Cheney lost her primary race to a straight up MAGA loon yesterday in Wyoming. She lost despite the fact that she won the district two years ago with 73% of the vote. The problem is that she did not promote Trump's lie about having the election "rigged and stolen" from him. Trump endorsed her primary challenger. She also voted to impeach him for the January 6 insurrection attempt. She is the vice-chair of the January 6 House Select Committee and has not held back in her blistering criticism of Trump. You didn't need a crystal ball to see that Cheney was going to lose by a lot. Still she stuck to her principles despite the fact that she was going to lose her seat in the House of Representatives. Cheney won fans who are Democrats because they appreciated that she didn't lie and grovel at Trump's feet. So now--on the day after her huge primary loss--Liz Cheney said that she is thinking about running for president and would make a decision in the coming months. Again you don't need to have a crystal ball to know that would be a TERRIBLE decision. Trump runs the MAGA cult and he is a petty, vengeful man. Even if he doesn't wind up running again himself in 2024, he would NEVER endorse Cheney is she somehow miraculously became the GOP nominee. That's just who he is. And as much as Democrats are enjoying watching her stick it to Trump and stand up for what is right--they aren't going to vote for her. She may be willing to defy Trump but she votes the way he wants almost all of the time which means she is against gun control reform, abortion rights, environmental protections, etc. Those issues are important to Democrats so she isn't going to pick up votes from any but perhaps the most conservative Democrats. I don't claim to be a political expert but I pay enough attention to know that any attempt by Cheney to run for president would be a colossal waste of time and money. I hope and trust that she will find a more productive way to keep fighting Trumpism.