Liz Cheney

Liz Cheney
Official portrait, 2018
Vice Chair of the House January 6 Committee
In office
September 2, 2021 – January 3, 2023
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byPosition abolished
Chair of the House Republican Conference
In office
January 3, 2019 – May 12, 2021
DeputyMark Walker
Mike Johnson
LeaderKevin McCarthy
Preceded byCathy McMorris Rodgers
Succeeded byElise Stefanik
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Wyoming's at-large district
In office
January 3, 2017 – January 3, 2023
Preceded byCynthia Lummis
Succeeded byHarriet Hageman
Personal details
Born
Elizabeth Lynne Cheney

(1966-07-28) July 28, 1966
Madison, Wisconsin, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
Spouse
Philip Perry
​
(m. 1993)​
Children5
Parents
RelativesMary Cheney (sister)
EducationColorado College (BA)
University of Chicago (JD)
AwardsPresidential Citizens Medal (2025)
Signature

Elizabeth Lynne Cheney[1] (/ˈtʃeɪni/; born July 28, 1966)[2] is an American attorney and former politician who was the U.S. representative for Wyoming's at-large congressional district from 2017 to 2023, and served as chair of the House Republican Conference from 2019 to 2021. A member of the Republican Party, she is known for her vocal opposition to Donald Trump.[3][4][5]

Cheney is the elder daughter of former vice president Dick Cheney and second lady Lynne Cheney. She held several positions in the U.S. State Department during the George W. Bush administration. She promoted regime change in Iran while chairing the Iran Syria Policy and Operations Group with Elliott Abrams. In 2009, Cheney and Bill Kristol founded Keep America Safe, a nonprofit organization concerned with national security issues that supported the Bush–Cheney administration's positions. In 2014 she was briefly a candidate for the U.S. Senate in Wyoming, challenging incumbent Mike Enzi before withdrawing. She was elected to the House of Representatives in 2016, holding the same seat her father had held from 1979 to 1989.[6]

Regarded as a leading ideological neoconservative[7][8][9] in the Bush–Cheney tradition as well as representative of the Republican establishment,[10] Cheney is known for her pro-business stances and hawkish foreign policy views.[11][12][13] She was critical of the foreign policy of the first Donald Trump administration while consistently voting in favor of Trump's overall agenda.[14][15][16][17]

Cheney supported the second impeachment of Donald Trump following the 2021 storming of the U.S. Capitol.[18] Her impeachment vote and criticism of Donald Trump led to her eventual removal from Republican leadership in May 2021.[19][20][21] In July 2021, Speaker Nancy Pelosi appointed Cheney to the House Select Committee on the January 6 Attack. Two months later, she was made vice chair of the committee. Her role on the committee resulted in the Wyoming Republican Party revoking Cheney's membership in November 2021 as well as censure from the Republican National Committee in February 2022.[22][23]

In 2022, Cheney lost renomination in Wyoming's Republican primary to Trump-endorsed Harriet Hageman in a landslide, garnering just 28.9% of the vote.[24] Cheney has said that she intends to be "the leader, one of the leaders, in a fight to help to restore" the Republican Party.[25] She later endorsed and campaigned for Kamala Harris's unsuccessful run in the 2024 presidential election.[26][27] In 2025 she was awarded the Presidential Citizens Medal and pardoned from potential future prosecution by President Joe Biden. As of March 2023, she is a professor of practice at the University of Virginia Center for Politics.

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  4. ^ "Liz Cheney: What's next for the firebrand anti-Trump Republican?". The Independent. August 17, 2022.
  5. ^ "Is the January 6 Committee Cheney's Last Stand?". nationalreview.com. June 16, 2022.
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  7. ^ "Liz Cheney, Neocon Senator and President?". The National Interest. Archived from the original on March 12, 2021. Retrieved February 5, 2021.
  8. ^ Zeleny, Eric Bradner,Jeff (August 17, 2022). "How Liz Cheney lost Wyoming's lone seat in the House | CNN Politics". CNN. Retrieved October 29, 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  9. ^ Cite error: The named reference :4 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  10. ^ "Is Liz Cheney the last best hope to stop GOP extremism?". Forward. Archived from the original on January 14, 2021. Retrieved February 2, 2021.
  11. ^ Cooper, Matthew (August 17, 2022). "Does Liz Cheney Have a Future?".
  12. ^ Cole, Devan (July 23, 2020). "Liz Cheney vows to keep expressing differences with Trump after he criticizes her". CNN.
  13. ^ Lemann, Nicholas (May 16, 2021). "The Larger Lesson of Liz Cheney's Ouster". The New Yorker – via www.newyorker.com.
  14. ^ Ferris, Sarah (January 29, 2019). "Liz Cheney rises amid GOP rubble". Politico.com. Archived from the original on June 2, 2019. Retrieved June 2, 2019.
  15. ^ DeBonis, Mike (May 11, 2019). "Liz Cheney confronts a dilemma and the GOP wonders: How high can she go?". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on January 12, 2021. Retrieved January 14, 2021.
  16. ^ Martin, Jonathan (June 1, 2015). "Dick Cheney and Daughter Push Hawkish Stances for G.O.P. Hopefuls". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on January 12, 2021. Retrieved June 2, 2019.
  17. ^ Glancy, Josh (February 3, 2019). "Like father, like daughter: Liz Cheney soars as Republican hawk". The Sunday Times. ISSN 0956-1382. Archived from the original on January 12, 2021. Retrieved June 2, 2019.
  18. ^ Draper, Robert (April 22, 2021). "Liz Cheney vs. MAGA". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on December 28, 2021. Retrieved April 23, 2021.
  19. ^ Strauss, Daniel (May 12, 2021). "Liz Cheney removed from House leadership over Trump criticism". The Guardian. Archived from the original on May 14, 2021. Retrieved May 12, 2021.
  20. ^ Edmondson, Catie; Fandos, Nicholas (February 4, 2021). "House Republicans Choose to Keep Liz Cheney in Leadership". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on December 28, 2021. Retrieved February 7, 2021.
  21. ^ Peterson, Kristina (May 5, 2021). "Behind Liz Cheney's Break With Kevin McCarthy Over Trump". The Wall Street Journal. Archived from the original on May 11, 2021. Retrieved May 12, 2021.
  22. ^ Wyoming GOP votes to stop recognizing Cheney as a Republican on National Public Radio, Nov 15, 2021
  23. ^ Weisman, Jonathan; Epstein, Reid J. (February 4, 2022). "G.O.P. Declares Jan. 6 Attack 'Legitimate Political Discourse'". The New York Times. Retrieved February 4, 2022.
  24. ^ "What Rep. Liz Cheney's primary loss says about Trump's influence on the Republican Party". PBS NewsHour. August 17, 2022.
  25. ^ "Would Liz Cheney run to keep Trump from Oval Office? 'Whatever it takes,' she says". Today.com. May 13, 2021. Archived from the original on May 14, 2021. Retrieved May 13, 2021.
  26. ^ Gangel, Jamie (September 4, 2024). "Liz Cheney says she is voting for Harris for president | CNN Politics". CNN. Retrieved September 9, 2024.
  27. ^ Megerian, Chris, Liz Cheney will campaign with Harris in Wisconsin while Trump holds a rally in Michigan, Associated Press, October 3, 2024
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