What Liz Cheney Sacrificed

Liz Cheney’s political career came to a dramatic and self-inflicted end last night with her loss to Republican primary challenger Harriet Hageman by a whopping 37-point margin. At this writing, Cheney got just 29 percent of the vote as a three-term incumbent who won her last primary, in 2020, with 73 percent. It was a steep fall for the former chair of the House Republican Conference. It was due to the choices she made. Was the sacrifice worth it?

There is a legitimate and respectable case to be made both for and against Cheney’s choices.

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Dan McLaughlin

Dan McLaughlin is a senior writer at National Review Online and a fellow at National Review Institute.

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Liz Cheney’s political career came to a dramatic and self-inflicted end last night with her loss to Republican primary challenger Harriet Hageman by a whopping 37-point margin. At this writing, Cheney got just 29 percent of the vote as a three-term incumbent who won her last primary, in 2020, with 73 percent. It was a steep fall for the former chair of the House Republican Conference. It was due to the choices she made. Was the sacrifice worth it?

There is a legitimate and respectable case to be made both for and against Cheney’s choices.