Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney, Donald Trump's fiercest Republican opponent in Congress, lost Tuesday's Republican primary, backed by former U.S. president I lost to my rival. He strengthened Trump's grip on party foundations.
Trump's endorsement gave Harriet her Hageman considerable support in the state that won the 2020 election by the widest margin as the third-term congressman and her allies won Recognizing that, we have had an optimistic day about her prospects. Cheney is already looking ahead to her political future beyond the Capitol, including the 2024 presidential election, which could expose her to another conflict course with Trump.
Cheney expressed her loss in her politics as she addressed a small group of supporters, including her father and former Vice President Dick Cheney, on the edge of a vast field surrounded by mountains. described it as the beginning of a new chapter in his career and hay bales.
"Our work isn't done yet," she said Tuesday night. Alluding to her own presidential bid, she later said she would "do whatever it takes to ensure that Donald Trump is never near the Oval Office again since January 6." 9}
A sprawling outdoor rodeo and celebration of Western culture held in Cheyenne, nearly 600 kilometers to the east, attracted Hagemann supporters of the festival, many wearing cowboy boots, hats and blue jeans.
This result was a strong reminder of the Republican Party's rapid shift to the right, once dominated by national security- and business-minded conservatives like her father. The political party that had been in power now belongs to Trump, fueled by populist appeals and, above all, his denial of losing the 2020 election.
Like Trump, he is a ranch industry lawyer. A Hedgeman falsely claimed the 2020 election was "rigged."
These lies were vehemently rejected by federal and state election officials, along with Trump's own Attorney General and the judges he appointed. , turning Cheney from an occasional detractor. The former president to the clearest voice within the party warning that he represents a threat to democratic norms.
"We are facing a moment when our democracy is truly under attack and threatened," Cheney told CBS News on Tuesday. All of us, Republicans, Democrats and independents, who deeply believe in liberty and care about the Constitution and the future of our country, have a duty to put liberty above the party.”
Vote to impeach Trump.
Defeating Cheney would have been unthinkable just two years ago. The daughter of a former Vice President, she hails from Wyoming's most prominent politicians. And in Washington, she was the third-ranked Republican in the House, an influential voice in Republican politics and policy, and had the highest conservative voting record.
However, following the January 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol by a Trump supporter mob, Cheney voted to impeach Trump, claiming that he was in the Oval Office. Her main task was to never work again. She survived Republican accusations and death threats to serve as leader of a congressional panel investigating Trump's role in the rebellion.
Cheney will be ousted from Congress at the end of her third and final term in January. She is not expected to leave the Capitol quietly.
She will continue to lead the parliamentary panel investigating her 6 January attacks until it is dissolved later in the year. And she is actively considering a 2024 White House candidacy, and has vowed to do everything in her power to combat Trump's influence within the party, either as a Republican or an independent. 50}