Comedian, actress and "The View" co-host Whoopi Goldberg on Wednesday begged former Wyoming GOP Rep. Liz Cheney to take a shot at the White House as an independent presidential contender.
The plea came Wednesday during Cheney's first appearance on the long-running ABC show, The Hill reported.
"We probably don't agree on a lot of stuff but we agree on the fact that we have a lot of respect for the country," Goldberg told Cheney.
"Do you see yourself, and would you ever consider being the conduit to that third party, because I don't know the Republican party, as we knew it, will survive this. Would you consider, please would you, consider being that person?," she urged.
Goldberg wrapped up the surprise pitch, saying: "I'm begging you. I'm down on one knee."
Cheney, a leading GOP critic of former President Donald Trump, said earlier in the interview she hasn't ruled out a run for president in the future and "hasn't made a decision."
"But I think it's really important this election cycle, everyone has to go vote," Cheney said. "You've got to be willing to say I'm not going to vote for the candidate who is from the party I belong to, I'm going to vote for the candidate who I trust to protect the Constitution."
Cheney, the former vice chair of the House select committee on the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, has been doing a series of media interviews in recent weeks to promote her recent memoir, "Oath and Honor: A Memoir and a Warning."
In the book, she zeroes in on the Capitol siege, its origin, and aftermath.
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