| Unlike most of her Republican colleagues, the Wyoming representative is willing to lose her seat to take down Donald Trump.  Photograph by Mark Peterson / Redux In 2019, Liz Cheney, the conservative Republican congresswoman from Wyoming, went on TV and derided the Democrats as “the party of anti-Semitism, the party of infanticide, the party of socialism.” Now, just a few years later, one of her Democratic colleagues in the House has called her “someone who saved American democracy.” “The irony that she is now the most visible face of what is mostly a Democratic initiative isn’t lost on anyone,” Benjamin Wallace-Wells writes, in an engrossing reported piece that tracks Cheney’s unexpected evolution, as she has emerged as the public face of the January 6th select committee and a withering critic of former President Donald Trump. Yet despite the widespread praise for Cheney from fellow committee members, and newfound respect from other corners of American political life, there remains a vital question. “If she is so horrified by Trump’s war on democracy,” Wallace-Wells asks, “why did it take her until after the November, 2020, election to notice it?” —Ian Crouch, newsletter editor Support The New Yorker’s award-winning journalism. Subscribe today » | 
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