Liz Cheney

My mission is saying, once again, -- no American should support election deniers, in a position of genuine responsibility.

It`s been said that the arc of history bends towards justice and freedom. That is true, but only if we make it bent.

No House seat, no office in this land is more important than the principles that we are all sworn to protect.

Tonight, I say this to my Republican colleagues who are defending the indefensible: There will come a day when Donald Trump is gone, but your dishonor will remain.

Because Republicans cannot both be loyal to Donald Trump and loyal to the Constitution.

But we are now embracing a cult of personality and I won't -- I won't be part of that and I will always stand for my oath and stand for the truth.

In our country, we don't swear an oath to an individual or a political party. We take our oath to defend the United States Constitution.

And on January 6th, Donald Trump turned their love of country into a weapon against our Capitol and our Constitution.

He is preying on their patriotism. He is preying on their sense of justice.

There are politicians in this country, beginning with Donald Trump, who have lied to the American people. And people have been betrayed.

The man Congresswoman Cheney says should never be allowed to hold power again.

She is expected to have won, win or lose tonight, and today we got some hints about what she thinks that future might be.

No matter what the outcome is, it is certainly the beginning of a battle that is going to continue, it is going to go on.

Allies that I have talked to have said that she`s looking to ultimately, whether she`s in office or not, mount an effort and -- quote -- 'do whatever it takes' to keep Donald Trump from getting back into the White House.

Today, no matter what the outcome is, this is certainly the beginning of a battle that is going to continue, is going to go on. And, as a country, we`re facing very challenging and difficult times. We`re facing a moment where our democracy…

America cannot remain free if we abandon the truth. The lie that the 2020 presidential election was stolen is insidious. This is Donald Trump`s legacy, but it cannot be the future of our nation. History has shown us over and over again how…

She has been talking about defending the Republic, defending our democracy.

She wants to separate herself and separate the ideals and try it -- from her perspective genuinely, to save the Republican Party never mind the Republic.

We`re confronting a domestic threat that we have never faced before, and that is a former president who is attempting to unravel the foundations of our constitutional republic.

We`re facing a moment where our democracy really is under attack and under threat.

They really hope she will take this as a national message, a national campaign against Donald Trump.

She's trying to frame this as the start of something, not the end of something should she fall short here.

And as a country, we're facing very challenging and difficult times. We're facing a moment where our democracy really is under attack and under threat.

I don't intend to lose. But some things are more important than any individual office or political campaign.

I will never violate my oath of office. And if you're looking for somebody who will then you need to vote for somebody else on this stage, because I won't.