Liz Cheney claims she never said she wouldn’t challenge him for his Senate seat. | AP Photos Liz Cheney: Mike Enzi 'confused'

Liz Cheney on Wednesday called Sen. Mike Enzi “confused,” saying she never said she wouldn’t challenge him for his Senate seat.

At a campaign event in Casper, Wyo., announcing her bid for Senate, Cheney responded to question from reporters about Enzi’s remarks that she had promised him she wouldn’t mount a primary campaign against him, according to video of the event from NBC News.


“I think Sen. Enzi may be confused,” Cheney said. “I think he may have me mixed up with Cynthia Lummis.…What happened is I called Sen. Enzi to tell him that I was considering a run, and I have always believed that that decision should be made irrespective of whoever else in the race. So it’s not true: I did not tell Sen. Enzi I wouldn’t run if he did. I suppose he’s just confused.”

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When Enzi also announced his reelection campaign on Tuesday, the same day as Cheney’s announcement, he had said that Cheney told him she wouldn’t mount the challenge.

“She said that if I ran she wasn’t going to run. That wasn’t correct,” he said on Tuesday. “I thought we were friends.”