Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney betrayed Donald Trump in the wake of the January 6 attacks as he headed into Tuesday's primary That ultimately cost her life a seat in the House of Representatives. Just a few years ago, she was a strong member of the Republican Party leadership. } was almost 30 points behind. Some Democrats in the state reportedly hoped to give incumbents a boost by switching parties and voting in the Republican primary, which is permitted by state law. Not enough, Mr. Cheney lost to Mr. Hageman.
She is the only reason for this disparity. It is Cheney's very public role as leader of her anti-Trump resistance within the Republican Party. Cheney has embraced his role as a stoic resistance leader among the House of Representatives and Senators who parted ways with Trump after the 2020 election or on Jan. 6.
She currently serves as the vice-chairman of the January 6 Commission of Inquiry, the only fellow Republican who has joined her in that role. In the days leading up to Jan. 6, after the 2020 election, which has led efforts to shed light on Mr. Trump's efforts, his team of misfits. and demanded to let go of his family's pathological following.
Let's take a look at the most pivotal moments in Liz Cheney's career as the de facto leader of the anti-Trump Republican Party:
She held Kevin McCarthy's press conference
Long before she was on track to lose her seat in Congress, she was part of the leadership of the Republican Congress. In that capacity, she did more damage to the Republican Party's projections of unity in 2020 and beyond, really, than anyone else.
Her crowning achievement in this role came at a 2021 press conference hosted by the House Republican leadership,on Capitol Hillwith Ms. Cheney, his whip. At a caucus alongside Steve Scalise and other Republican congressmen, Kevin McCarthy said that less than two months after the Jan. 6 attacks, Mr. I declared that I should "speak" at CPAC, a gathering of people.
Ms. Chaney, standing directly behind him, was asked the same question.
"It's up to his CPAC. I'm being clear about my views on President Trump and the extent to which it follows.
A clearly perplexed McCarthy said, "That high note. So,” he joked. And so ended one of the most embarrassing moments to occur at the Capitol in recent memory.
when she rebuked him for believing in President Putin.
Even before the November 2020 election and the former president's months-long campaign to reverse the outcome, Ms Cheney has proven she can be a thorn in Trump's shoulders.
The first signs of that appeared in her 2018. It was after a disastrous joint press conference Trump hosted with Russia's Vladimir Putin. During a question-and-answer session with her reporters, Trump gave credence to Russia's account of her meddling in the 2016 election and slandered the work of U.S. intelligence agencies that it determined otherwise. I was.
At the time, Ms Cheney was one of the highest-ranking Republicans and lashed out at her president's remarks.
"As a member of the House Armed Services Committee, I am aware of President Trump's defense of President Putin against US intelligence, I am deeply troubled by .Russia poses a grave threat to our national security," she tweeted.
Golden Hour Battle with Trump
Benny Alongside her Thompson, Ms Cheney said she will head to the House of Representatives on January 6. lead the investigation. With closed doors, it's clear the two were eager to challenge Trump on home soil.A series of public live-streaming hearings took place on American television screens, the first and last of which was Golden.
This was a deliberate move to infiltrate the American public and to infiltrate Republican state legislators, attorneys, and former Republican congressmen. Even Trump's credibility among Republicans and right-leaning independents seeks to be challenged by witnesses composed almost entirely of . Member of Donald Trump's White House.
This battle is only going to heat up: The Commission announced that in his second primetime hearing, which was watched by about 18 million people, just weeks before voters, his two I announced that I will do the bruise presentation for the second time. elect members of parliament in midterm elections.
Calling in reinforcements
Although having little impact on her personal congressional fortunes, Ms. Cheney is a member of the Trumpist faction of the Republican Party.
Support was voiced this month in the form of her father Dick Cheney, the last Republican vice-president.
"In our country's 246-year history, no one has posed a greater threat to our republic than Donald Trump," who was re-elected in 2004 alongside George W. Bush. The former vice president garnered 62 million votes and roared in an ad for his daughter in early August.
"He tried to steal the last election," declared Cheney, and "used lies and violence to stay in power."
confine the
She or other Republican member of the committee, Adam Kinzinger, has been as willing as her Democratic counterparts to hold Donald Trump accountable for the events of. On January 6, Ms Cheney put it on hiatus for June.
In fact, this moment may have been her most public break with the committee's Democratic chairman, Mr. Thompson. After telling him that it was not "the job" and that the matter was being left to the Department of Justice, Ms. Cheney intervened and almost immediately countered him. We have not reached any conclusions regarding referral to potential criminals and will announce that decision at the appropriate time," she said in a tweet posted less than 20 minutes after Thompson's remarks. I am writing. Remarks to reporters at the scrum on Capitol Hill.
