• Rep. Liz Cheney was defeated in the GOP congressional primary in Wyoming Tuesday.
• In the speech, she criticized the election "lies" of Donald Trump.
• She presented her loss as a price she paid for being one of the few Republicans to oppose Trump.

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Rep. Liz Cheney said Tuesday that she could have won re-election in Wyoming if she had gone along with former President Donald Trump's false claims of election fraud.

But, she said, it was not a price she was willing to pay.

Cheney made the remark in a defiant concession speech after being defeated by Harriet Hageman, a Republican endorses and aided by Trump in her battle against Cheney.

"Two years ago, I won this primary with 73% of the vote. I could easily have done the same again. The path was clear, but it would have required that I go along with President Trump's lie about the 2020 election," said Cheney in her concession speech.

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"It would have required that I enabled his ongoing efforts to unravel our democratic system and attack the foundations of our republic. That was a path I could not and would not take."

Cheney continued: "No House seat, no office in this land is...

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