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Ed Pilkington in New York

Cheney vows to fight other Republicans who embrace Trump’s election lie

Representative Liz Cheney looks on during her primary election night party in Jackson, Wyoming, on 16 August.
Representative Liz Cheney looks on during her primary election night party in Jackson, Wyoming, on 16 August. Photograph: David Stubbs/Reuters

The former top Republican Liz Cheney, who lost her Wyoming seat in Congress last week when she was beaten in a primary by a Donald Trump-endorsed challenger, is threatening to turn her political muscle against other prominent politicians in her party who have embraced the former president’s attack on democracy.

In an interview with ABC News aired on Sunday, she said that some of the best-known Republican figures are now within her sights. She name-checked Kevin McCarthy, Ron DeSantis, Ted Cruz and Josh Hawley – all of whom have openly supported Trump’s lie that electoral fraudsters stole the 2020 presidential race from him and handed it to his Democratic rival, Joe Biden.

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