Liz Cheney — a vocal critic of former President Donald Trump — has signaled that she may leave the GOP, saying, "If [Trump] is the nominee, I won't be a Republican.".

"I certainly will do whatever it takes to make sure Donald Trump isn't anywhere close to the Oval Office," the Wyoming Republican told Texas Tribune CEO Evan Smith at the paper's festival on Saturday.

"I am going to do everything I can to make sure that Kari Lake is not elected," Cheney said, to which Smith asked if that meant potentially campaigning for Democrats. .

Cheney is also one of only 10 House Republicans who voted to impeach Trump.

I have said since January 6 that I will do whatever it takes to ensure Donald Trump is never again anywhere near the Oval Office, and I mean it."

"What are we going to do to make sure that our kids know what it means to have peaceful transfers of power?" she responded

"And what are we going to do to make sure that we don't contribute to the unraveling of the Republic