He asked Cheney whether she would consider an independent White House bid.

I look at it through the lens of, How do we elect serious people?

And I think electing serious people cant be partisan.

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@Liz_Cheney: What we’ve done in our politics is create a situation where we’re electing idiots.

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Cheney is now a professor at the University of Virginias Center for Politics.

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Republicans had already stripped her of her party leadership position because of her criticism of Trump.

That is playing with fire and its a risk we cannot take.