Liz Cheney: The Model of a Modern Never-Trumper

The representative from Wyoming embodies a different kind of Republican female power player tradition.

In the six days since her defenestration from the leadership ranks of the Republican Party, Liz Cheney — the congresswoman from Wyoming, right-wing Republican, daughter of the former vice president and now leader of the anti-Trump party opposition — has been hard to ignore. There she was in the halls of the Capitol, in a bright blue dress and matching jacket, pledging before the cameras to do her best to make sure the former president never returns to the Oval Office. Here she was in her office for a “Today” show sit-down with Savannah Guthrie, her sensible beige pumps crossed at the ankle, reiterating the same. There she was in a Fox News sparring match with Bret Baier, disavowing the Big Lie in a somber black dress and navy jacket. Here she was on CNN with Jake Tapper, once more into the fray, all in black. She has been, in other words, a more ubiquitous public presence than pretty much any other elected politician from either party. And she says she is just beginning, waging her battle not behind the closed doors of Congress but on the small screen, for all to hear and see.