During a recent interview, Rep. Liz Cheney said that she was willing to lose her House seat if winning compromised her ability to adhere to the Constitution.
The Wyoming lawmaker told The New York Times that she wouldn't compromise her values to win an election.
She told The Times that she was willing to pay a price for standing up for the Constitution.
Cheney was first elected to the House in 2016 and quickly rose up the leadership ladder by becoming the House Republican Conference Chair in 2019).
Cheney has been in the public eye for decades.
Her work with the House committee investigating the January 6 riot has given her more national prominence.
A series of hearings have brought previously undisclosed revelations about the events of that day, as a result of her work as the vice chair of the committee.
In Wyoming, where Trump won 70% of the vote in the 2020 election, Cheney's outspokenness quickly led to a slate of GOP challengers.
Cheney stated during a recent primary debate that voters could vote for someone else if they wanted a candidate who wouldn't follow their oath of office.
The congresswoman during the interview stressed that she was a Republican and was not changing parties, yet she had some dire words for her political party, stating that the GOP "may not be" salvaged at the moment.
If the party can be healed, Cheney thinks it will take several cycles.
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