Liz Cheney was one of ten Republicans in the House who voted for Trump’s impeachment for his alleged inciting of the deadly Capitol riot on January 6 and she has maintained her conviction that Trump’s comments sparked the disturbance.
Trump and his supporters have demanded that she be removed from her leadership position and that she be voted out of office, with a caucus vote on her removal scheduled for next week.
Elizabeth Perry: Who is Liz Cheney daughter?
The Wyoming Republican is the daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney and former second lady Lynne Cheney, who served alongside former President George W. Bush.
Dick Cheney, before becoming vice president, held the same House leadership position as his daughter in the late 1980s, and later served as House minority whip and secretary of defense.
Liz Cheney has five children with her husband, Philip Perry.
Her younger sister, Mary Cheney, and she had a public feud in 2013 over her opposition to same-sex marriage, despite her sister’s marriage to a woman.
