Outspoken Donald Trump critic and former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) summed up the problem with U.S. politics Monday night: "We're electing idiots."
The ex-Jan. 6 committee Vice Chair and daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney was speaking about "the future of bipartisanship" at an event at New York City's 92nd Street Y.
"What we've done in our politics is create a situation where we're electing idiots," she said to applause from the audience.
"And so, I don't look at it through the lens of, is this what I should do or what I shouldn't do. I look at it through the lens of, how do we elect serious people?"
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"And I think electing serious people can't be partisan."
Cheney was a Republican congresswoman in Wyoming. She has taken a strong stance on the Jan. 6 riots, voted to impeach Trump and has vocally opposed his stolen election narrative. Because of her position on the Jan. 6 committee, her membership of the Wyoming Republican Party was revoked in November 2021.
She has suggested she may be considering a presidential run.
