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My Take
Liz Cheney is one of those rare politicians who genuinely surprised everyone, including herself, I think. She came up as a rock-solid conservative and Dick Cheney's daughter — you'd expect a party loyalist through and through — but when January 6th happened, she did something almost no one in her caucus was willing to do: she stood her ground and called it exactly what it was. She voted to impeach Trump, got stripped of her House Republican Conference chairmanship for it, and then lost her Wyoming seat in a landslide primary. Most people would call that political suicide. I call it backbone. The John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award she received in 2022 felt genuinely earned, not ceremonial.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Liz Cheney
- Name (Japanese)
- エリザベス・チェイニー
- Reading
- えりざべす・ちぇいにー
- Born
- July 28, 1966 (age 59)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Leo / Horse
- Origin
- Madison, Wisconsin, United States
- Occupation
- lawyer / politician / executive / pundit / political staffer
2. Background
- High school
- McLean High School
- University
- Colorado College
Awards & achievements
- 2021 Time 100
- 2022 Profile in Courage Award
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Frequently asked questions
When was Liz Cheney born?
Born July 28, 1966 (age 59).
Where is Liz Cheney from?
Liz Cheney is from Madison, Wisconsin, United States.
What does Liz Cheney do?
Liz Cheney works as lawyer, politician, executive, pundit, political staffer.
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.