Liz Cheney: Conservatives may need a new party

Former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) indicated in an interview at The Capital Times Idea Fest in Madison, Wisc., that conservatives could end up forming a new kind of conservative party, arguing that “far too much has happened that’s too damaging” in the Republican Party.

“There is certainly going to be a big shift, I think, in how our politics work — I don’t know exactly what that will look like. I don’t think it will just simply be… the Republican party is going to put up a new slate of candidates and off to the races,” Cheney, an outspoken Trump critic, told The New York Times’ Peter Baker.

“I think far too much has happened that’s too damaging,” she added.

When asked by Baker whether she was suggesting that conservatives unhappy with the current state of the GOP will have to create a new party, she said, “It may well be.”

Cheney, who said earlier this month that she would be voting for Vice President Harris in November, added that she thinks most Americans don’t want “someone like Donald Trump to be the president.”

Cheney, a critic of Trump, said her comments are based on her time traveling across the country and talking to Democrats, Republicans and Independent. A vocal opponent to Trump, Cheney’s bipartisan efforts crescendoed in her support for Harris.

She added that people “want a president that kids can look up to” and someone who will “defend the peaceful transfer of power.”

“That’s where we have to start, whether it’s organizing a new party,” she said.

Polling from The Hill/Decision Desk HQ shows Harris leading Trump, 50.1 percent to 46.5 percent, nationally.

When contacted for comment, Trump campaign spokesperson Steven Cheung said, “Who’s Liz Cheney?”

Updated at 5:32 p.m.