Former U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney warned graduates of Colorado College that political dissent and freedoms cannot exist without stable democratic systems in America.
“We are living in a time of testing and challenge and peril for our democracy,” Cheney, a 1988 graduate of Colorado College, said.
Cheney, a Republican who lost re-election to her Wyoming House seat last year, spoke about the Jan. 6 insurrection and repeated her past criticisms of former President Donald Trump. But she did not comment on her own political future, including a potential 2024 run for president.
“After the 2020 election and the attack of January 6th, my fellow Republicans wanted me to lie. They wanted me to say the 2020 election was stolen, the attack of January 6th wasn’t a big deal, and Donald Trump wasn’t dangerous,” Cheney said Sunday in Colorado Springs, Colo….
