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Liz Cheney, outspoken Trump critic, weighs third-party presidential run
The former congresswoman says she is determined to stop Trump. Other Trump critics think a third-party candidacy could help him.

By Maeve Reston
December 5, 2023 at 5:00 a.m. EST

Liz Cheney, one of the most vociferous critics of Donald Trump in the Republican Party, says she is weighing whether to mount her own third-party candidacy for the White House, as she vows to do “whatever it takes” to prevent the former president from returning to office.

While promoting her new book “Oath and Honor: A Memoir and a Warning,” the former Wyoming congresswoman — who was defeated by a Trump loyalist last year — is warning that Trump could transform America’s democracy into a dictatorship if he is reelected; anticipating, she said, that he would attempt to stay longer than his term.