'Out in force': Anti-Trump Republican Liz Cheney draws 'big crowd' for Iowa speech

Former Rep. Liz Cheney (R- WY) reportedly drew a "big crowd" in Iowa on Wednesday.

Cheney, a frequent critic of former president Donald Trump, recently told a story of the ex-president's "depravity" on Jan. 6 that she said should show why he must be defeated.

Trump commonly boasts about the importance of crowd sizes, including inflating his own.

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But Cheney did no such thing. Instead, it's outside reports and photos suggesting the large speech crowd.

Conservative Heath Mayo said, "Looks like a lot of [Principles First] folks are out in force in Iowa tonight." He linked to a video of the crowd from Kevin Cavallin, who said he was waiting to hear Cheney speak at Drake University's Bucksbaum Lecture Series in Des Moines.

Another user on X, @Kara_ahern, said, "Big crowd in Des Moines tonight to hear Liz Cheney."

@SacksRosie wrote, "Full house...a lot more people in this crowd than Trump could attract...Liz Cheney always said she would make it her business that Trump would never get back into the WH..this is impressive."