{"id":4696,"date":"2022-08-17T10:55:19","date_gmt":"2022-08-17T10:55:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/petersantilli.com\/?p=4696"},"modified":"2022-08-17T10:55:29","modified_gmt":"2022-08-17T10:55:29","slug":"trump-foe-liz-cheney-defeated-in-wyoming-gop-primary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/petersantilli.com\/?p=4696","title":{"rendered":"Trump foe Liz Cheney defeated in Wyoming GOP primary"},"content":{"rendered":"

August 17, 2022 at 06:40AM Trump foe Liz Cheney defeated in Wyoming GOP primary<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) \u2014 Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney<\/a>, Donald Trump\u2019s fiercest Republican adversary in Congress<\/a>, was defeated in a GOP primary Tuesday, falling to a rival backed by the former president in a rout that reinforced his grip on the party\u2019s base.<\/p>\n

The third-term congresswoman and her allies entered the day downbeat about her prospects, aware that Trump\u2019s backing gave Harriet Hageman considerable lift in the state where he won by the largest margin during the 2020 campaign. Cheney was already looking ahead to a political future beyond Capitol Hill that could include a 2024 presidential run, potentially putting her on another collision course with Trump<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Cheney described her loss as the beginning of a new chapter in her political career as she addressed a small collection of supporters, including her father, former Vice President Dick Cheney, on the edge of a vast field flanked by mountains and bales of hay.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur work is far from over,\u201d she said Tuesday evening, evoking Abraham Lincoln, who also lost congressional elections before ascending to the presidency and preserving the union.<\/p>\n

The results \u2014 and the roughly 30-point margin \u2014 were a powerful reminder of the GOP\u2019s rapid shift to the right. A party once dominated by national security-oriented, business-friendly conservatives like her father now belongs to Trump, animated by his populist appeal and, above all, his denial of defeat in the 2020 election.<\/p>\n

Such lies, which have been roundly rejected by federal and state election officials along with Trump\u2019s own attorney general and judges he appointed, transformed Cheney from an occasional critic of the former president to the clearest voice inside the GOP warning that he represents a threat to democratic norms. She\u2019s the top Republican on the House panel investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection<\/a> at the U.S. Capitol by a mob of Trump supporters, an attack she referenced in nodding to her political future.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have said since Jan. 6 that I will do whatever it takes to ensure Donald Trump is never again anywhere near the Oval Office \u2014 and I mean it,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Four hundred miles to the east of Cheney\u2019s concession speech, festive Hageman supporters gathered at a sprawling outdoor rodeo and Western culture festival in Cheyenne, many wearing cowboy boots, hats and blue jeans.<\/p>\n

\u201cObviously we\u2019re all very grateful to President Trump, who recognizes that Wyoming has only one congressional representative and we have to make it count,\u201d said Hageman, a ranching industry attorney who had finished third in a previous bid for governor.<\/p>\n

Echoing Trump\u2019s conspiracy theories, she falsely claimed the 2020 election was \u201crigged\u201d as she courted his loyalists in the runup to the election.<\/p>\n

Trump and his team celebrated Cheney\u2019s loss, which may represent his biggest political victory in a primary season full of them. The former president called the results \u201ca complete rebuke\u201d of the Jan. 6 committee.<\/p>\n

\u201cLiz Cheney should be ashamed of herself, the way she acted, and her spiteful, sanctimonious words and actions towards others,\u201d he wrote on his social media platform. \u201cNow she can finally disappear into the depths of political oblivion where, I am sure, she will be much happier than she is right now. Thank you WYOMING!\u201d<\/p>\n

The news offered a welcome break from Trump\u2019s focus on his growing legal entanglements<\/a>. Just eight days earlier, federal agents executing a search warrant recovered 11 sets of classified records from the former president\u2019s Florida estate.<\/p>\n

Cheney\u2019s defeat would have been unthinkable just two years ago. The daughter of a former vice president, she hails from one of the most prominent political families in Wyoming. And in Washington, she was the No. 3 House Republican, an influential voice in GOP politics and policy with a sterling conservative voting record.<\/p>\n

Cheney will now be forced from Congress at the end of her third and final term in January. She is not expected to leave Capitol Hill quietly.<\/p>\n

She will continue in her leadership role on the congressional panel investigating the Jan. 6 attack until it dissolves at the end of the year. And she is actively considering a 2024 White House bid — as a Republican or independent — having vowed to do everything in her power to fight Trump\u2019s influence in her party.<\/p>\n

With Cheney\u2019s loss, Republicans who voted to impeach Trump are going extinct.<\/p>\n

In all, seven Republican senators and 10 Republican House members backed Trump\u2019s impeachment in the days after his supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol as Congress tried to certify President Joe Biden\u2019s<\/a> victory. Just two of those 10 House members have won their primaries this year. After two Senate retirements, Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska is the only such Senate Republican on this year\u2019s ballot.<\/p>\n

Cheney was forced to seek assistance from the state\u2019s tiny Democratic minority in her bid to pull off a victory. But Democrats across America, major donors among them, took notice. She raised at least $15 million for her election, a stunning figure for a Wyoming political contest.<\/p>\n

Voters responded to the interest in the race. With a little more than half of the vote counted, turnout ran about 50% higher than in the 2018 Republican primary for governor.<\/p>\n

If Cheney does ultimately run for president \u2014 either as a Republican or an independent \u2014 don\u2019t expect her to win Wyoming\u2019s three electoral votes.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe like Trump. She tried to impeach Trump,\u201d Cheyenne voter Chester Barkell said of Cheney on Tuesday. \u201cI don\u2019t trust Liz Cheney.\u201d<\/p>\n

And in Jackson, Republican voter Dan Winder said he felt betrayed by his congresswoman.<\/p>\n

\u201cOver 70% of the state of Wyoming voted Republican in the last presidential election and she turned right around and voted against us,\u201d said Winder, a hotel manager. \u201cShe was our representative, not her own.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Peoples reported from New York. AP writers Thomas Peipert in Cheyenne and Jill Colvin in new York contributed.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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