Cheney vows not to do anything that 'helps’ Trump as she weighs 2024 bid

Former Rep. Liz Cheney is staying mum on her 2024 plans but said Tuesday that she has no intention of taking any steps that would help Trump return to office.

Former Rep. Liz Cheney — one of the most vocal GOP critics of Donald Trump — is staying mum about her 2024 plans, but she said in an interview Tuesday that she has no intention of taking any steps that would help the former president return to office.

“I’m not going to do anything that helps Donald Trump,” Cheney told NBC News’ Lester Holt at the Aspen Ideas Festival. "I’ll make a decision about sort of what I do and what comes next later on this year.”

Cheney, who represented Wyoming in Congress for six years before she lost in the GOP primary last year to a Trump-backed candidate, was also asked whether she would run as a Republican or a third-party candidate if she were to launch a White House bid.

“The way that I’m thinking about where we are and what has to be done is much less about, you know, what should I do in terms of am I going to be a candidate or not ... and much more about stopping Donald Trump, whatever that takes,” she said.

Liz Cheney at Aspen Ideas Festival on Tuesday.Kelsey Brunner for NBC NewsAfter she lost her primary in August, Cheney said she would decide on her 2024 plans "in the coming months."