Former Congresswoman Liz Cheney is still teasing the possibility of running for president despite any indication of any serious grassroots movement urging her to do so.

Cheney, who was once a powerful figure in Congress as chairwoman of the Republican Conference, suffered a dramatic fall in popularity in the wake of the 2020 presidential election when she supported the impeachment of Donald Trump for the events of January 6th. She lost her Wyoming Congressional seat in 2022 as a result. 

However, the daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney is still not ruling out the possibility of running for president herself, even though any serious challenge would require an incredible amount of funding and grassroots support. 

In an appearance on CNN's "State of the Union" with Jake Tapper, Cheney said she was still yet to make up her mind on the question of running for the Oval Office. “I haven’t made any decisions about it yet,” she said. “I’m going to do whatever is necessary to defeat Donald Trump.”

Cheney was initially asked about comments made by former Attorney General Bill Barr, who recently indicated he would support Donald Trump over Joe Biden despite the pair's falling out over his lack of action in response to the former president's widespread claims of voter fraud.

"Voting for Trump is playing Russian roulette with the country," Barr was quoted as saying. "Voting for Biden is outright national suicide."

On @CNNSotu, Republican Congresswoman @Liz_Cheney criticizes Bill Barr for saying he would vote for Donald Trump again and tells @JakeTapper "I haven't made any decision" about running for president herself but "I'm going to do whatever's necessary to defeat Donald Trump." pic.twitter.com/DXdjVVp3Qu

— State of the Union (@CNNSOTU) February 18, 2024

Cheney gave her reaction to Barr's comments:

He is absolutely wrong. Now I haven't endorsed anynbody in this presidential race and certainly would never support Donald Trump, and we know what Donald Trump would do because he is telling us every day. 

And anybody who has spent any time overseas and has spent time studying the history of autocracies and of autocrats knows we have to listen to what Donald Trump is saying. Electing Donald Trump is not Russian roulette; electing Donald Trump would mean putting in power a man who is committed to unraveling our constitutional framework. So Bill Barr is just wrong on that.

Despite Cheney's desire to keep the door open to a presidential run, someone who recently closed that door was West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin. 

“I will not be seeking a third-party run. I will not be involved in a presidential run,” Manchin said in remarks at West Virginia University. “I will be involved in making sure that we secure a president that has the knowledge and has the passion and has the ability to bring this country together."

It is currently unclear if Cheney were to throw her hat in the ring whether she would run as an independent or on the No Labels ticket. Whatever she decides, she would be entering a relatively crowded field of third-party candidates compared with previous years. 

Among her possible challenges include the author and environmental lawyer Robert F. Kennedy Jr. running as an independent, environmental activist Jill Stein running on the Green Party ticket, and left-wing philosopher Cornel West also as an independent.