In 2016, a fifty- six- year- old traditional conservative republican, Liz Cheney, was initially elected to serve as a Congresswoman in Wyoming.
She was also the oldest daughter of the previous republican vice president, Dick Cheney.
Most importantly, she is a prominent of being critical of Donald Trump.
In fact, she used to be a supporter but her opinion and support of him have utterly changed after November 2020 election.
Here are some of her controversial moments:
1. He described abortion as “pure evil.”
Thursday On Fox and Freinds, Liz accused the democrats of blue states such as New York and Virginia of baby killers, and that they are turning maternity into killing fields.
Having five kids made her realize that human life is valuable to the point that she refuses that abortion to be regulated outside of hospitals that benefit Planned Parenthood.
2. Admitted that she was wrong about same-sex marriage
In fact, it is considered her first time to regret the words that got delivered out of her mouth. On Fox News Sunday, she strongly believes in traditional marriage even though her sister is involved in a same-sex marriage.
“I love her so much. I love her family very much. This is just an issue that we disagree on.” she claimed.
In 60 Minute Interview, she eventually confessed.
Afterward, a Gallup poll in June revealed that for the first time in 28 decades Republicans finally agreed on same-sex marriage.
3. She declared that she might leave the GOP,” If Trump is the nominee, I won’t be a Republican.
At The Texas Tribune Festival, Cheney claimed,” I’m going to make sure he’s not the nominee and if he’s not the nominee and if he’s a nominee; I won’t be a republican.”
Moreover, she also said,“ One of the things that has surprised me the most about my work on this committee is how sophisticated the plan was that Donald Trump was involved in and oversaw every step of the way. While leaders in Congress were begging him, ‘Please, tell the mob to go home,’ Donald Trump wouldn’t. And just set the politics aside for a minute and think to yourself, ‘What kind of human being does that?’”
4. Said Republicans cannot be loyal to both Trump and the Constitution
“We are comforting a domestic threat that we have never faced before,” she said.
She referred to Donald Trump as a domestic threat to the nation, and that’s why she believes members of the Republican party should not be loyal to him.
5. She called Trump an orange Jesus
She was telling a story of how one of the Republican representative in the house said,” The things we do for orange Jesus.”
Orange Jesus is referred as Trump.
This phrase has gained popularity all over social media ever since Liz recounted the story.
6. Being Heartbroken is not a policy.
GOP leaders decided to make immigration a top issue after being outraged that the Biden administration has wiped away four years of advances in securing the US-Mexico border.
At a press conference, Cheney said, “We are going to be very focused as a conference on what’s happening at the border, on working to make sure that, as the Biden administration refuses to open schools, they have instead decided to open the border and to let in thousands of people potentially who have got COVID. You’ve got children at the border that have been separated again from their parents, and being ‘heartbroken’ isn’t a policy.”
7. Spent a lot of money on security
After criticizing and impeaching Trump for his role in the Capital riot, and rebuking him for spreading false claims about 2020 presidential election, she got removed as the chair of the House Republican Conference.
Afterward, she began to receive death threats for her criticism and impeachment of Trump which led her campaign to spend 58,000 on her security.
8. “Putin’s propaganda and lies.”
She was criticizing Fox News Thursday for having retired Army Colonel Douglas Macgregor who was being controversial about the Russian-Ukrainian war.
She tweeted,” Rupert and Lachlan Murdoch…. Why do you continually put Douglas Mac Gregor on @FoxNews to spread Putin’s propaganda and lies? This is absolutely not in America’s interest.
9. She is willing to campaign for Democrats this fall.
Questioned during a debate at the Texas Tribune Festival in Austin over the weekend whether if she is willing to cross party lines to bolster Democratic candidates, and she agreed.
She has always been a Republican, but the criticism of her own party started to increasingly grow after she voted to impeach Trump.
10. Arizona GOP candidate threatens democracy
She said that Republican candidates for Arizona governor and secretary of state put democracy in the direct line of risk due to the refusal of both to verify election results if they are not pleased with it.