“It’s something I’m thinking about and I’ll make a decision in the next few months,” Cheney said on NBC’s “Today” Wednesday. But her role on the select committee comes with the spotlight that other Republican critics of Trump have sought. Cheney will face the same challenge when she steps down in January, and a presidential run could be the only way to deal with it. The three-term congresswoman admitted in recent days that she knew her strategy in the Wyoming primary, where she maintained a relentless focus on Trump in interviews and TV ads, despite the former president winning the state by 43 percentage points in 2020. She’s not popular. The morning after her defeat, Cheney repeated the message she had sent on election night: She knew how to win in Wyoming, but she chose to reject a strategy of befriending her party’s most popular figure and parroting his lies about fraud in the 2020 elections. “That path would require me to accept, to embrace, to perpetuate the Big Lie,” he told NBC. He also acknowledged that ridding the GOP of Trump’s influence would be a longer-term task. “Look, I think the Republican Party today is in very bad shape, and I think we have a tremendous amount of work to do. I think it may take several election cycles. But the country needs to have a Republican Party that is based on reality on the ground, principled,” Cheney said.
Cheney channels Lincoln into PAC launch
Already, Cheney has begun building the political machinery to support a battle with Trump. Hours after her concession speech, Cheney launched a political action committee called “The Big Commission.” This PAC, which will initially be funded by money left over from her House campaign, gives Cheney a vehicle to raise money and finance her political work. It’s the first of many next steps for Cheney, an adviser told CNN, as she begins to fulfill the ideas expressed in her election night speech and opens a new chapter after her landslide defeat. The PAC’s name invokes the words of Abraham Lincoln, who spoke in his Gettysburg Address about the “great task” facing the nation. Cheney referenced Lincoln at length in her remarks Tuesday night at a ranch in Jackson Hole, as the sun set over the Grand Tetons behind her. He even drew a parallel with his losses before winning the presidency in 1860. “Abraham Lincoln was defeated in the Senate and House elections before he won the most important election,” he said.
After Jan. 6 committee challenges
Cheney will have to answer questions about how to stay relevant when she ends her work as vice chairman of the House Select Committee and leaves Congress in January 2023. James Gholston, the veteran television producer who has spent the past few months advising the House panel, was on hand in Wyoming for Cheney’s speech. He was not in Wyoming as part of his work as a special counsel to a House committee, CNN has learned, but rather on assignment for his own production company for possible future projects with Cheney. Goldston, the former chairman of ABC News, was watching the scene at Cheney’s campaign on a cattle ranch outside Jackson. He and a small film crew were taking in the scenic landscape, with the mountains in the distance and the Wyoming prairie bathed in evening sunlight. Cheney worked closely with Goldston’s team to present the commission’s findings in a television-ready manner to a national audience. They worked together to edit hours and hours of recordings that brought the rebellion to life as it unfolded. “He called him as a friend and he has nothing to do with the committee’s work,” Jeremy Adler, Cheney’s spokesman, told CNN. Goldston declined to comment.
Reaching Democrats, Independents
Cheney’s House primary loss could provide some insight into her long-term thinking. Her campaign appealed to Democrats and unaffiliated voters, urging them to change their registration and vote in the Republican primary. In the 2024 presidential election, Democrats could face an uncompetitive candidate showdown with President Joe Biden on the ballot seeking a second term — a prospect that could create room for more party switches. “Let us resolve that we will stand together — Republicans, Democrats and independents — against those who would destroy our democracy,” Cheney said in her speech Tuesday night. Biden called Cheney after her primary loss, according to a person familiar with the matter, who declined to disclose the content of the conversation, which was first reported by Bloomberg. But a presidential race is very different from a House primary. In Teton County, the liberal enclave of northwest Wyoming where Cheney lives and where she won three-quarters of the vote Tuesday, Democrats who had switched party registrations to vote for Cheney in the primary speculated about her future. The catch for Cheney: Most said they saw Tuesday’s primary as a fluke and said they couldn’t see themselves voting in a Republican primary. Sandy Buckstaff, a 67-year-old Jackson retiree, waited in line outside the Teton County library on Election Day to change his registration to vote for Cheney “even though I disagree with her on political positions from the soup to the nuts”. “The Republican Party walked away from me,” said Buckstaff, a former Republican who has voted Democratic in recent years. “Seeing Liz Cheney do the right thing, I thought, what the hell?” He said he’s “curious” about Cheney’s future but wouldn’t vote for her in a GOP presidential primary. “I don’t see where she finds hope in that,” Buckstaff said, “because the base of the Republican Party won’t support her.” John Grant, a Republican who voted for Cheney on Tuesday, said that even though her view is only a small share of current thinking in the Democratic Party, he hopes she will advance in a presidential bid. “I think it has a future,” Grant said. “But I think it’s going to take some time — there are a lot of Trump supporters out there.” This story has been updated with additional developments. CNN’s Gabby Orr and Jeremy Diamond contributed to this report.
title: “After Wyoming Loss Cheney Prepares For Long Term Fight Against Trump And Her Own Political Future Klmat” ShowToc: true date: “2022-11-20” author: “Julio Anderson”
“It’s something I’m thinking about and I’ll make a decision in the next few months,” Cheney said on NBC’s “Today” Wednesday. But her role on the select committee comes with the spotlight that other Republican critics of Trump have sought. Cheney will face the same challenge when she steps down in January, and a presidential run could be the only way to deal with it. The three-term congresswoman admitted in recent days that she knew her strategy in the Wyoming primary, where she maintained a relentless focus on Trump in interviews and TV ads, despite the former president winning the state by 43 percentage points in 2020. She’s not popular. The morning after her defeat, Cheney repeated the message she had sent on election night: She knew how to win in Wyoming, but she chose to reject a strategy of befriending her party’s most popular figure and parroting his lies about fraud in the 2020 elections. “That path would require me to accept, to embrace, to perpetuate the Big Lie,” he told NBC. He also acknowledged that ridding the GOP of Trump’s influence would be a longer-term task. “Look, I think the Republican Party today is in very bad shape, and I think we have a tremendous amount of work to do. I think it may take several election cycles. But the country needs to have a Republican Party that is based on reality on the ground, principled,” Cheney said.
Cheney channels Lincoln into PAC launch
Already, Cheney has begun building the political machinery to support a battle with Trump. Hours after her concession speech, Cheney launched a political action committee called “The Big Commission.” This PAC, which will initially be funded by money left over from her House campaign, gives Cheney a vehicle to raise money and finance her political work. It’s the first of many next steps for Cheney, an adviser told CNN, as she begins to fulfill the ideas expressed in her election night speech and opens a new chapter after her landslide defeat. The PAC’s name invokes the words of Abraham Lincoln, who spoke in his Gettysburg Address about the “great task” facing the nation. Cheney referenced Lincoln at length in her remarks Tuesday night at a ranch in Jackson Hole, as the sun set over the Grand Tetons behind her. He even drew a parallel with his losses before winning the presidency in 1860. “Abraham Lincoln was defeated in the Senate and House elections before he won the most important election,” he said.
After Jan. 6 committee challenges
Cheney will have to answer questions about how to stay relevant when she ends her work as vice chairman of the House Select Committee and leaves Congress in January 2023. James Gholston, the veteran television producer who has spent the past few months advising the House panel, was on hand in Wyoming for Cheney’s speech. He was not in Wyoming as part of his work as a special counsel to a House committee, CNN has learned, but rather on assignment for his own production company for possible future projects with Cheney. Goldston, the former chairman of ABC News, was watching the scene at Cheney’s campaign on a cattle ranch outside Jackson. He and a small film crew were taking in the scenic landscape, with the mountains in the distance and the Wyoming prairie bathed in evening sunlight. Cheney worked closely with Goldston’s team to present the commission’s findings in a television-ready manner to a national audience. They worked together to edit hours and hours of recordings that brought the rebellion to life as it unfolded. “He called him as a friend and he has nothing to do with the committee’s work,” Jeremy Adler, Cheney’s spokesman, told CNN. Goldston declined to comment.
Reaching Democrats, Independents
Cheney’s House primary loss could provide some insight into her long-term thinking. Her campaign appealed to Democrats and unaffiliated voters, urging them to change their registration and vote in the Republican primary. In the 2024 presidential election, Democrats could face an uncompetitive candidate showdown with President Joe Biden on the ballot seeking a second term — a prospect that could create room for more party switches. “Let us resolve that we will stand together — Republicans, Democrats and independents — against those who would destroy our democracy,” Cheney said in her speech Tuesday night. Biden called Cheney after her primary loss, according to a person familiar with the matter, who declined to disclose the content of the conversation, which was first reported by Bloomberg. But a presidential race is very different from a House primary. In Teton County, the liberal enclave of northwest Wyoming where Cheney lives and where she won three-quarters of the vote Tuesday, Democrats who had switched party registrations to vote for Cheney in the primary speculated about her future. The catch for Cheney: Most said they saw Tuesday’s primary as a fluke and said they couldn’t see themselves voting in a Republican primary. Sandy Buckstaff, a 67-year-old Jackson retiree, waited in line outside the Teton County library on Election Day to change his registration to vote for Cheney “even though I disagree with her on political positions from the soup to the nuts”. “The Republican Party walked away from me,” said Buckstaff, a former Republican who has voted Democratic in recent years. “Seeing Liz Cheney do the right thing, I thought, what the hell?” He said he’s “curious” about Cheney’s future but wouldn’t vote for her in a GOP presidential primary. “I don’t see where she finds hope in that,” Buckstaff said, “because the base of the Republican Party won’t support her.” John Grant, a Republican who voted for Cheney on Tuesday, said that even though her view is only a small share of current thinking in the Democratic Party, he hopes she will advance in a presidential bid. “I think it has a future,” Grant said. “But I think it’s going to take some time — there are a lot of Trump supporters out there.” This story has been updated with additional developments. CNN’s Gabby Orr and Jeremy Diamond contributed to this report.
title: “After Wyoming Loss Cheney Prepares For Long Term Fight Against Trump And Her Own Political Future Klmat” ShowToc: true date: “2022-12-19” author: “Henry Floyd”
“It’s something I’m thinking about and I’ll make a decision in the next few months,” Cheney said on NBC’s “Today” Wednesday. But her role on the select committee comes with the spotlight that other Republican critics of Trump have sought. Cheney will face the same challenge when she steps down in January, and a presidential run could be the only way to deal with it. The three-term congresswoman admitted in recent days that she knew her strategy in the Wyoming primary, where she maintained a relentless focus on Trump in interviews and TV ads, despite the former president winning the state by 43 percentage points in 2020. She’s not popular. The morning after her defeat, Cheney repeated the message she had sent on election night: She knew how to win in Wyoming, but she chose to reject a strategy of befriending her party’s most popular figure and parroting his lies about fraud in the 2020 elections. “That path would require me to accept, to embrace, to perpetuate the Big Lie,” he told NBC. He also acknowledged that ridding the GOP of Trump’s influence would be a longer-term task. “Look, I think the Republican Party today is in very bad shape, and I think we have a tremendous amount of work to do. I think it may take several election cycles. But the country needs to have a Republican Party that is based on reality on the ground, principled,” Cheney said.
Cheney channels Lincoln into PAC launch
Already, Cheney has begun building the political machinery to support a battle with Trump. Hours after her concession speech, Cheney launched a political action committee called “The Big Commission.” This PAC, which will initially be funded by money left over from her House campaign, gives Cheney a vehicle to raise money and finance her political work. It’s the first of many next steps for Cheney, an adviser told CNN, as she begins to fulfill the ideas expressed in her election night speech and opens a new chapter after her landslide defeat. The PAC’s name invokes the words of Abraham Lincoln, who spoke in his Gettysburg Address about the “great task” facing the nation. Cheney referenced Lincoln at length in her remarks Tuesday night at a ranch in Jackson Hole, as the sun set over the Grand Tetons behind her. He even drew a parallel with his losses before winning the presidency in 1860. “Abraham Lincoln was defeated in the Senate and House elections before he won the most important election,” he said.
After Jan. 6 committee challenges
Cheney will have to answer questions about how to stay relevant when she ends her work as vice chairman of the House Select Committee and leaves Congress in January 2023. James Gholston, the veteran television producer who has spent the past few months advising the House panel, was on hand in Wyoming for Cheney’s speech. He was not in Wyoming as part of his work as a special counsel to a House committee, CNN has learned, but rather on assignment for his own production company for possible future projects with Cheney. Goldston, the former chairman of ABC News, was watching the scene at Cheney’s campaign on a cattle ranch outside Jackson. He and a small film crew were taking in the scenic landscape, with the mountains in the distance and the Wyoming prairie bathed in evening sunlight. Cheney worked closely with Goldston’s team to present the commission’s findings in a television-ready manner to a national audience. They worked together to edit hours and hours of recordings that brought the rebellion to life as it unfolded. “He called him as a friend and he has nothing to do with the committee’s work,” Jeremy Adler, Cheney’s spokesman, told CNN. Goldston declined to comment.
Reaching Democrats, Independents
Cheney’s House primary loss could provide some insight into her long-term thinking. Her campaign appealed to Democrats and unaffiliated voters, urging them to change their registration and vote in the Republican primary. In the 2024 presidential election, Democrats could face an uncompetitive candidate showdown with President Joe Biden on the ballot seeking a second term — a prospect that could create room for more party switches. “Let us resolve that we will stand together — Republicans, Democrats and independents — against those who would destroy our democracy,” Cheney said in her speech Tuesday night. Biden called Cheney after her primary loss, according to a person familiar with the matter, who declined to disclose the content of the conversation, which was first reported by Bloomberg. But a presidential race is very different from a House primary. In Teton County, the liberal enclave of northwest Wyoming where Cheney lives and where she won three-quarters of the vote Tuesday, Democrats who had switched party registrations to vote for Cheney in the primary speculated about her future. The catch for Cheney: Most said they saw Tuesday’s primary as a fluke and said they couldn’t see themselves voting in a Republican primary. Sandy Buckstaff, a 67-year-old Jackson retiree, waited in line outside the Teton County library on Election Day to change his registration to vote for Cheney “even though I disagree with her on political positions from the soup to the nuts”. “The Republican Party walked away from me,” said Buckstaff, a former Republican who has voted Democratic in recent years. “Seeing Liz Cheney do the right thing, I thought, what the hell?” He said he’s “curious” about Cheney’s future but wouldn’t vote for her in a GOP presidential primary. “I don’t see where she finds hope in that,” Buckstaff said, “because the base of the Republican Party won’t support her.” John Grant, a Republican who voted for Cheney on Tuesday, said that even though her view is only a small share of current thinking in the Democratic Party, he hopes she will advance in a presidential bid. “I think it has a future,” Grant said. “But I think it’s going to take some time — there are a lot of Trump supporters out there.” This story has been updated with additional developments. CNN’s Gabby Orr and Jeremy Diamond contributed to this report.
title: “After Wyoming Loss Cheney Prepares For Long Term Fight Against Trump And Her Own Political Future Klmat” ShowToc: true date: “2022-11-09” author: “Eva Martin”
“It’s something I’m thinking about and I’ll make a decision in the next few months,” Cheney said on NBC’s “Today” Wednesday. But her role on the select committee comes with the spotlight that other Republican critics of Trump have sought. Cheney will face the same challenge when she steps down in January, and a presidential run could be the only way to deal with it. The three-term congresswoman admitted in recent days that she knew her strategy in the Wyoming primary, where she maintained a relentless focus on Trump in interviews and TV ads, despite the former president winning the state by 43 percentage points in 2020. She’s not popular. The morning after her defeat, Cheney repeated the message she had sent on election night: She knew how to win in Wyoming, but she chose to reject a strategy of befriending her party’s most popular figure and parroting his lies about fraud in the 2020 elections. “That path would require me to accept, to embrace, to perpetuate the Big Lie,” he told NBC. He also acknowledged that ridding the GOP of Trump’s influence would be a longer-term task. “Look, I think the Republican Party today is in very bad shape, and I think we have a tremendous amount of work to do. I think it may take several election cycles. But the country needs to have a Republican Party that is based on reality on the ground, principled,” Cheney said.
Cheney channels Lincoln into PAC launch
Already, Cheney has begun building the political machinery to support a battle with Trump. Hours after her concession speech, Cheney launched a political action committee called “The Big Commission.” This PAC, which will initially be funded by money left over from her House campaign, gives Cheney a vehicle to raise money and finance her political work. It’s the first of many next steps for Cheney, an adviser told CNN, as she begins to fulfill the ideas expressed in her election night speech and opens a new chapter after her landslide defeat. The PAC’s name invokes the words of Abraham Lincoln, who spoke in his Gettysburg Address about the “great task” facing the nation. Cheney referenced Lincoln at length in her remarks Tuesday night at a ranch in Jackson Hole, as the sun set over the Grand Tetons behind her. He even drew a parallel with his losses before winning the presidency in 1860. “Abraham Lincoln was defeated in the Senate and House elections before he won the most important election,” he said.
After Jan. 6 committee challenges
Cheney will have to answer questions about how to stay relevant when she ends her work as vice chairman of the House Select Committee and leaves Congress in January 2023. James Gholston, the veteran television producer who has spent the past few months advising the House panel, was on hand in Wyoming for Cheney’s speech. He was not in Wyoming as part of his work as a special counsel to a House committee, CNN has learned, but rather on assignment for his own production company for possible future projects with Cheney. Goldston, the former chairman of ABC News, was watching the scene at Cheney’s campaign on a cattle ranch outside Jackson. He and a small film crew were taking in the scenic landscape, with the mountains in the distance and the Wyoming prairie bathed in evening sunlight. Cheney worked closely with Goldston’s team to present the commission’s findings in a television-ready manner to a national audience. They worked together to edit hours and hours of recordings that brought the rebellion to life as it unfolded. “He called him as a friend and he has nothing to do with the committee’s work,” Jeremy Adler, Cheney’s spokesman, told CNN. Goldston declined to comment.
Reaching Democrats, Independents
Cheney’s House primary loss could provide some insight into her long-term thinking. Her campaign appealed to Democrats and unaffiliated voters, urging them to change their registration and vote in the Republican primary. In the 2024 presidential election, Democrats could face an uncompetitive candidate showdown with President Joe Biden on the ballot seeking a second term — a prospect that could create room for more party switches. “Let us resolve that we will stand together — Republicans, Democrats and independents — against those who would destroy our democracy,” Cheney said in her speech Tuesday night. Biden called Cheney after her primary loss, according to a person familiar with the matter, who declined to disclose the content of the conversation, which was first reported by Bloomberg. But a presidential race is very different from a House primary. In Teton County, the liberal enclave of northwest Wyoming where Cheney lives and where she won three-quarters of the vote Tuesday, Democrats who had switched party registrations to vote for Cheney in the primary speculated about her future. The catch for Cheney: Most said they saw Tuesday’s primary as a fluke and said they couldn’t see themselves voting in a Republican primary. Sandy Buckstaff, a 67-year-old Jackson retiree, waited in line outside the Teton County library on Election Day to change his registration to vote for Cheney “even though I disagree with her on political positions from the soup to the nuts”. “The Republican Party walked away from me,” said Buckstaff, a former Republican who has voted Democratic in recent years. “Seeing Liz Cheney do the right thing, I thought, what the hell?” He said he’s “curious” about Cheney’s future but wouldn’t vote for her in a GOP presidential primary. “I don’t see where she finds hope in that,” Buckstaff said, “because the base of the Republican Party won’t support her.” John Grant, a Republican who voted for Cheney on Tuesday, said that even though her view is only a small share of current thinking in the Democratic Party, he hopes she will advance in a presidential bid. “I think it has a future,” Grant said. “But I think it’s going to take some time — there are a lot of Trump supporters out there.” This story has been updated with additional developments. CNN’s Gabby Orr and Jeremy Diamond contributed to this report.
title: “After Wyoming Loss Cheney Prepares For Long Term Fight Against Trump And Her Own Political Future Klmat” ShowToc: true date: “2022-11-12” author: “Nelda Hill”
“It’s something I’m thinking about and I’ll make a decision in the next few months,” Cheney said on NBC’s “Today” Wednesday. But her role on the select committee comes with the spotlight that other Republican critics of Trump have sought. Cheney will face the same challenge when she steps down in January, and a presidential run could be the only way to deal with it. The three-term congresswoman admitted in recent days that she knew her strategy in the Wyoming primary, where she maintained a relentless focus on Trump in interviews and TV ads, despite the former president winning the state by 43 percentage points in 2020. She’s not popular. The morning after her defeat, Cheney repeated the message she had sent on election night: She knew how to win in Wyoming, but she chose to reject a strategy of befriending her party’s most popular figure and parroting his lies about fraud in the 2020 elections. “That path would require me to accept, to embrace, to perpetuate the Big Lie,” he told NBC. He also acknowledged that ridding the GOP of Trump’s influence would be a longer-term task. “Look, I think the Republican Party today is in very bad shape, and I think we have a tremendous amount of work to do. I think it may take several election cycles. But the country needs to have a Republican Party that is based on reality on the ground, principled,” Cheney said.
Cheney channels Lincoln into PAC launch
Already, Cheney has begun building the political machinery to support a battle with Trump. Hours after her concession speech, Cheney launched a political action committee called “The Big Commission.” This PAC, which will initially be funded by money left over from her House campaign, gives Cheney a vehicle to raise money and finance her political work. It’s the first of many next steps for Cheney, an adviser told CNN, as she begins to fulfill the ideas expressed in her election night speech and opens a new chapter after her landslide defeat. The PAC’s name invokes the words of Abraham Lincoln, who spoke in his Gettysburg Address about the “great task” facing the nation. Cheney referenced Lincoln at length in her remarks Tuesday night at a ranch in Jackson Hole, as the sun set over the Grand Tetons behind her. He even drew a parallel with his losses before winning the presidency in 1860. “Abraham Lincoln was defeated in the Senate and House elections before he won the most important election,” he said.
After Jan. 6 committee challenges
Cheney will have to answer questions about how to stay relevant when she ends her work as vice chairman of the House Select Committee and leaves Congress in January 2023. James Gholston, the veteran television producer who has spent the past few months advising the House panel, was on hand in Wyoming for Cheney’s speech. He was not in Wyoming as part of his work as a special counsel to a House committee, CNN has learned, but rather on assignment for his own production company for possible future projects with Cheney. Goldston, the former chairman of ABC News, was watching the scene at Cheney’s campaign on a cattle ranch outside Jackson. He and a small film crew were taking in the scenic landscape, with the mountains in the distance and the Wyoming prairie bathed in evening sunlight. Cheney worked closely with Goldston’s team to present the commission’s findings in a television-ready manner to a national audience. They worked together to edit hours and hours of recordings that brought the rebellion to life as it unfolded. “He called him as a friend and he has nothing to do with the committee’s work,” Jeremy Adler, Cheney’s spokesman, told CNN. Goldston declined to comment.
Reaching Democrats, Independents
Cheney’s House primary loss could provide some insight into her long-term thinking. Her campaign appealed to Democrats and unaffiliated voters, urging them to change their registration and vote in the Republican primary. In the 2024 presidential election, Democrats could face an uncompetitive candidate showdown with President Joe Biden on the ballot seeking a second term — a prospect that could create room for more party switches. “Let us resolve that we will stand together — Republicans, Democrats and independents — against those who would destroy our democracy,” Cheney said in her speech Tuesday night. Biden called Cheney after her primary loss, according to a person familiar with the matter, who declined to disclose the content of the conversation, which was first reported by Bloomberg. But a presidential race is very different from a House primary. In Teton County, the liberal enclave of northwest Wyoming where Cheney lives and where she won three-quarters of the vote Tuesday, Democrats who had switched party registrations to vote for Cheney in the primary speculated about her future. The catch for Cheney: Most said they saw Tuesday’s primary as a fluke and said they couldn’t see themselves voting in a Republican primary. Sandy Buckstaff, a 67-year-old Jackson retiree, waited in line outside the Teton County library on Election Day to change his registration to vote for Cheney “even though I disagree with her on political positions from the soup to the nuts”. “The Republican Party walked away from me,” said Buckstaff, a former Republican who has voted Democratic in recent years. “Seeing Liz Cheney do the right thing, I thought, what the hell?” He said he’s “curious” about Cheney’s future but wouldn’t vote for her in a GOP presidential primary. “I don’t see where she finds hope in that,” Buckstaff said, “because the base of the Republican Party won’t support her.” John Grant, a Republican who voted for Cheney on Tuesday, said that even though her view is only a small share of current thinking in the Democratic Party, he hopes she will advance in a presidential bid. “I think it has a future,” Grant said. “But I think it’s going to take some time — there are a lot of Trump supporters out there.” This story has been updated with additional developments. CNN’s Gabby Orr and Jeremy Diamond contributed to this report.
