Liz Cheney for president? Wyoming lawmaker says she will 'make a decision about 2024 down the road'



Republican Rep. Liz Cheney of Wyoming said during an interview on CNN's "State of the Union" that she has not yet made a choice about whether to mount a 2024 presidential bid.

Cheney, who voted in favor of impeaching then-President Donald Trump in the wake of the January 6, 2021, Capitol riot, is one of the two Republicans serving on the House Select Committee established to investigate the January 6 episode.

Cheney told CNN's Jake Tapper that she is currently focused on the work of the committee as well as her work as a representative for Wyomingites — she said that she will "make a decision about 2024 down the road."

\u201cWe have to elect serious candidates who will take their obligations and their oaths seriously. We have to be able to come together and stop the dangerous kind of toxic politics that we have seen.\u201d
— Rep. Liz Cheney (@Rep. Liz Cheney) 1658772206

The congresswoman, who is the daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney, has served as the representative for Wyoming's at-large congressional district since 2017.

Trump has backed challenger Harriet Hageman in the primary contest and described Cheney as a "warmonger," "disloyal Republican," and "RINO," which stands for "Republican in name only."

Cheney told Tapper that regardless of the outcome of the August 16 primary contest, she will "continue to fight hard to ensure Donald Trump is never anywhere close to the Oval Office ever again."

Media personality Geraldo Rivera has described Cheney as a "hero" and claimed that while Trump would lose to Biden, Cheney would defeat the Democratic president.

"Liz Cheney is a once-in-a-generation stand up hero. Unlike everyone else involved, she has put her career in peril, and stayed in the fight. History will honor her. In the meantime, it’s up to Wyoming," Rivera recently tweeted.

\u201cLiz Cheney is a once-in-a-generation stand up hero. Unlike everyone else involved, she has put her career in peril, and stayed in the fight. History will honor her. In the meantime, it\u2019s up to Wyoming.\u201d
— Geraldo Rivera (@Geraldo Rivera) 1658502881

"Biden would beat Trump," he tweeted. "Cheney would beat Biden."

"Liz Cheney for POTUS," he declared in another tweet.

\u201cLiz Cheney for POTUS\u201d
— Geraldo Rivera (@Geraldo Rivera) 1658683587

Biden, who has been facing dismal job approval numbers across various polls, said last year that he will run for re-election provided that he has "good health." If Biden, who is already the oldest person ever to serve as president, were to run and win re-election, he would be 86 years old by the end of his second term.

Trump, who is widely expected to mount a 2024 presidential bid, would very likely trounce Cheney in the GOP primary if she decided to challenge him.

Geraldo Rivera scraps potential Senate run for now, saying Fox News 'freaked out'



Fox News correspondent-at-large Geraldo Rivera this week floated the idea of running to be Ohio's next U.S. Senator, but quickly abandoned the idea for the time being saying that his employer "freaked out" over the prospect.

What are the details?

Rivera, 77, announced Wednesday that he was mulling over a bid to replace outgoing Sen. Rob Portman (R-Ohio) in 2022, tweeting, "Pondering running for retiring @senrobportman seat in United States Senate. #GoBuckeyes," in a message sent from Siesta Key, Florida.

Pondering running for retiring @senrobportman seat in United States Senate. #GoBuckeyes
— Geraldo Rivera (@Geraldo Rivera)1615406847.0

He encouraged folks to "spread the word" and "come on board early," sending out hashtags showing support of his "dear friend" former President Donald Trump, along with Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), and his own potential Senate bid with #Geraldo4Ohio.

Rivera also pitched a slogan, declaring, "From the Great River to the Great Lake, I'll fight for you."

The next day, Rivera tweeted, "After a 36-hour pondering whirlwind I've decided not to seek public office. Erica and I deeply appreciate the good wishes of those cheering the idea."

@wtam1100 After a 36-hour pondering whirlwind I’ve decided not to seek public office. Erica and I deeply appreciat… https://t.co/qcHnwlgsTn
— Geraldo Rivera (@Geraldo Rivera)1615487638.0

During an appearance on "Fox & Friends" on Friday, co-host Steve Doocy asked Rivera, "What is the deal? You made news earlier this week suggesting you might run for office, but then I read yesterday you apparently sobered up."

"Well, you know what happens," Rivera replied. "You wake up, you have a dream, and the thing is you probably should keep your dream to yourself but instead I started talking to Erica about it. We both got very enthusiastic, we really do think that — you know, I'm a moderate Republican — we could do something in a state like Ohio."

The pundit said "the reaction, the initial vibe was great but it was also much more overwhelming than I ever expected."

"Fox freaked out, [and] said 'pick a lane: are you a journalist or a politician?'" he continued, admitting, "I wasn't ready to jump off my current turnstile, so instead I had to kind of embarrass myself and say 'never mind.'"

Rivera went on to list some of his general political perspectives that he believes "would have played" in "a state like Ohio" before conceding, "I'm not prepared yet to leave my current profession. Maybe if I'd kept my mouth shut another six months it would have been a different story."

Doocy then cut in, telling the audience of Rivera, "He's a dreamer, in so many ways."

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Team Trump drops Arizona legal challenge, shutters voter fraud hotline



When the Associated Press and Fox News called Arizona for former Vice President Joe Biden, President Donald Trump's staff and re-election campaign criticized the prediction, saying it was too early for such a call and guaranteeing the the president would ultimately win the Grand Canyon state and its 11 Electoral College votes.

The campaign and its supporters alleged voter irregularities, including the improper rejection of in-person votes in Maricopa County, and sought a court remedy.

But Friday morning, the Wall Street Journal reported the campaign has conceded that Arizona will never be flipped to the president's column.

The Journal reported that Trump campaign attorneys said they are no longer asking a court to intervene in the presidential race in Arizona. Trump's campaign realized and admitted that the few number of ballots at stake — approximately 200 — would have no impact on the results of the election. Biden currently leads Trump by 11,000 votes.

From the Journal:

At a daylong hearing Thursday, Kory Langhofer, an attorney for the Trump campaign, made clear the campaign wasn't alleging any voter fraud but instead claimed some poll workers submitted ballots that had errors that voters weren't given the opportunity to fix. The number of votes at issue was less than 200, and Mr. Langhofer said at the close of the hearing that they wouldn't ask election officials to recount those ballots if they had no ability to affect the outcome of the race.

Langhofer told the court, "Since the close of yesterday's hearing, the tabulation of votes statewide has rendered unnecessary a judicial ruling as to the presidential electors," the paper reported.

Voter fraud hotline closing up shop

Team Trump is reportedly shutting its voter fraud hotline. ABC News' Ben Siegal reported that the campaign is making the move after getting inundated with prank and spam calls.

"The Trump campaign is discontinuing its voter fraud hotline — the one flooded with pranks calls — and planning to downsize its staff beginning next week," Siegal tweeted.

The decision comes following a slew of prank calls to the hotline, CNN said, adding that the voter fraud alert system has been changed to a website where people can submit allegations of fraud using a web form.

Gerald Rivera: Trump a 'realist'

Fox News personality and longtime Trump friend said that he and the president had a "heartfelt" conversation Friday during which the president vowed to "do the 'right thing'" when all of the election fallout is over should he lose.

According to Rivera, the president wants to see "what states do in terms of certification" and remains "committed to fighting for every vote."

Just had heartfelt phone call w friend @realDonaldTrump who said he's a "realist" who'll do the"right thing" But he… https://t.co/OozzpXovMp
— Geraldo Rivera (@Geraldo Rivera)1605282454.0