Biden phone calls Liz Cheney soon after principal election loss

Cami Mondeaux

August 18, 08:13 AM August 18, 08:26 AM

President Joe Biden identified as Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) soon after the incumbent lost her reelection bid earlier this 7 days.

The phone was positioned on Wednesday, one particular day immediately after the race was referred to as in favor of Trump-backed Harriet Hageman, in accordance to Bloomberg. It’s not apparent what the conversation entailed, but it arrived several hours just after Cheney advised a presidential operate in 2024.

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“I will be executing what ever it usually takes to continue to keep Donald Trump out of the Oval Office environment,” Cheney instructed NBC's Now display on Wednesday. “That's a choice that I am likely to make in the coming months. I am not heading to make any bulletins below this morning, but it is some thing that I am contemplating about."

Cheney also hinted at a presidential bid in the course of her concession speech on Tuesday, highlighting the simple fact that Abraham Lincoln missing elections ahead of later getting to be president.

“The good and primary champion of our party, Abraham Lincoln, was defeated in elections for the Senate and the Home before he gained the most important election of all,” she stated. “Lincoln finally prevailed. He saved our union, and he defined our obligation as Us citizens for all of background.”

Cheney, a single of two Republicans on the Home decide on committee investigating the Capitol riot and a person of 10 who voted to impeach Donald Trump immediately after Jan. 6, was just one of the previous president’s most superior-profile targets in the 2022 midterm election cycle. The Wyoming Republican focused substantially of her campaign on denouncing Trump’s efforts to overturn the outcomes of the 2020 election, urging Democrats and independents in the point out to re-sign-up to vote for her in the GOP main.

Nevertheless, she concluded much driving Hageman, a onetime ally and casual adviser to Cheney. Cheney is the fourth Property Republican to drop her reelection bid right after voting to impeach Trump. Only Reps. Dan Newhouse (R-WA) and David Valadao (R-CA) survived their main difficulties. The other four selected not to seek reelection.