Former Wyoming GOP official tells Trump to back off attacks on Liz Cheney: 'We don't need to be told how to vote'
2 years, 6 months ago

Former Wyoming GOP official tells Trump to back off attacks on Liz Cheney: 'We don't need to be told how to vote'

Raw Story  

On CNN Tuesday, Dr. Joseph McGinley, former chair of the Natrona County, Wyoming Republican Party, called on former President Donald Trump to cease his attacks on Rep. Liz Cheney. But, said McGinley, Trump's personal feud is only hurting the state of Wyoming. IN OTHER NEWS: Former Bush AG Gonzales throws support behind ban on 'killing machine' AR-15s "Well, it's unfortunate," said McGinley. If you look at how Representative Cheney has voted, she's voted in line with President Trump many years.

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Liz Cheney says Biden called her after election loss to Trump-backed GOP rival, had 'very good talk'
2 years, 4 months ago

Liz Cheney says Biden called her after election loss to Trump-backed GOP rival, had 'very good talk'

Daily Mail  

Wyoming Republican Rep. Liz Cheney said Sunday that President Joe Biden called her after she lost her seat in a heated primary race against a GOP challenger backed by Donald Trump. Cheney told ABC News' This Week that she had a 'very good talk' with the Democrat commander-in-chief, confirming earlier reports that the two spoke following her ouster from the …

Liz Cheney defeated by Harriet Hageman in Wyoming GOP primary: report
2 years, 4 months ago

Liz Cheney defeated by Harriet Hageman in Wyoming GOP primary: report

Raw Story  

Former Republican rising star Liz Cheney has lost the GOP re-nomination for Wyoming's lone House seat in Congress. Trump referred to her as "Crazy Liz Cheney," "Loser Liz Cheney" and called her a RINO or "Republican In Name Only." "With an approval rating at 19% in Wyoming, people are wise to Liz Cheney," Trump emailed supporters in November. ""Harriet is …

Trump claims Cheney primary was “referendum” on Jan. 6 and her loss means committee should shut down
2 years, 4 months ago

Trump claims Cheney primary was “referendum” on Jan. 6 and her loss means committee should shut down

Salon  

United States Representative and Vice Chair of the House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., was defeated in Wyoming's Republican congressional primary on Tuesday evening by challenger Harriet Hageman, a right-wing attorney whom former President Donald Trump endorsed on September 9th, 2021. In a speech to supporters following her concession …

Wyoming Democrats Back Liz Cheney In Her Home County
2 years, 4 months ago

Wyoming Democrats Back Liz Cheney In Her Home County

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING WILSON, Wyo. The voters who rode up to the city’s lone polling site in elite performance bicycles, Teslas and luxury trucks seemed mostly to fall into three camps on the polarizing issue of the day, Cheney’s reelection: Republicans who dislike Cheney and voted for her opponent Harriet Hageman; Republicans who admire Cheney’s resolve and bucked what seems …

Liz Cheney, Sarah Palin and Lisa Murkowski on the ballot in Wyoming and Alaska's Tuesday primary
2 years, 4 months ago

Liz Cheney, Sarah Palin and Lisa Murkowski on the ballot in Wyoming and Alaska's Tuesday primary

Daily Mail  

Washington is turning its focus on Tuesday to the Republican primaries in Wyoming and Alaska – two deep red states where former President Donald Trump's coattails will be put to the test. Voters leave Old Wilson Schoolhouse Community Center in Wilson, Wyoming on August 16 after casting their ballots in the Tuesday primary election People wait in line in Jackson, …

Wyoming and Alaska votes test Trump power, Cheney braces for loss
2 years, 4 months ago

Wyoming and Alaska votes test Trump power, Cheney braces for loss

Al Jazeera  

Liz Cheney, Sarah Palin are among those running in Tuesday’s US primaries seen as a continuing test of former President Donald Trump’s influence. It shows just how much of a stranglehold that Donald Trump has on the Republican Party.” Tuesday’s contests in Wyoming and Alaska offer one of the final tests for Trump and his brand of hardline politics ahead …

‘Will we do our duty?’ Cheney lays her legacy on the line
2 years, 6 months ago

‘Will we do our duty?’ Cheney lays her legacy on the line

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Rep. Liz Cheney has been thinking lately about her great-great-grandfather, a man who fought for the Union in the Civil War, as the House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol insurrection prepares to launch a prime-time hearing of its work. “Or will we look away from danger, ignore the threat, embrace the lies?” Cheney has not …

Wyoming lawmakers to debate Trump-backed primary changes
2 years, 10 months ago

Wyoming lawmakers to debate Trump-backed primary changes

Associated Press  

— Wyoming lawmakers voted narrowly Thursday to consider a Donald Trump-backed bill that could affect Liz Cheney’s re-election chances by making it harder for voters to register as Republicans ahead of this summer’s primary. Wyoming currently allows voters to register at the polls on primary day and decide then if they want to affiliate as Republican or Democrat and get …

Wyoming GOP votes to stop recognizing Cheney as a Republican
3 years, 1 month ago

Wyoming GOP votes to stop recognizing Cheney as a Republican

Associated Press  

— The Wyoming Republican Party will no longer recognize Liz Cheney as a member of the GOP in its second formal rebuke for her criticism of former President Donald Trump. The 31-29 vote Saturday in Buffalo, Wyoming, by the state party central committee followed votes by local GOP officials in about one-third of Wyoming’s 23 counties to no longer recognize …

Liz Cheney's Trump vote prompts new Wyoming censure effort
3 years, 4 months ago

Liz Cheney's Trump vote prompts new Wyoming censure effort

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Some local Republican Party officials in Wyoming have announced they …

Liz Cheney’s ouster from House leadership amplifies voice of anti-Trump Republicans
3 years, 7 months ago

Liz Cheney’s ouster from House leadership amplifies voice of anti-Trump Republicans

LA Times  

Rep. Liz Cheney of Wyoming has been drummed out of the House Republican leadership, but has been elevated as a spokeswoman for the party’s small anti-Trump wing. “Cheneyesque candidates don’t have a realistic path to winning Republican primaries,” said David Wasserman, an analyst at the nonpartisan Cook Political Report, referring to those who challenge Trump’s lies about the 2020 election. …

Wyoming GOP censures Rep. Liz Cheney over impeachment vote
3 years, 10 months ago

Wyoming GOP censures Rep. Liz Cheney over impeachment vote

Associated Press  

— The Wyoming Republican Party voted overwhelmingly Saturday to censure U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney for voting to impeach President Donald Trump for his role in the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol. The censure document accused Cheney of voting to impeach even though the U.S. House didn’t offer Trump “formal hearing or due process.” “We need to honor President …

Wyoming GOP Censures Liz Cheney For Voting To Impeach Trump
3 years, 10 months ago

Wyoming GOP Censures Liz Cheney For Voting To Impeach Trump

NPR  

Wyoming GOP Censures Liz Cheney For Voting To Impeach Trump Enlarge this image toggle caption Susan Walsh/AP Susan Walsh/AP Updated at 1:50 p.m. ET Sunday The Wyoming Republican Party voted Saturday to censure Rep. Liz Cheney and also asked her to resign for her vote last month to impeach then-President Donald Trump after the insurrection at the Capitol on Jan. …

In Wyoming, Cheney faces blowback for vote to impeach Trump
3 years, 10 months ago

In Wyoming, Cheney faces blowback for vote to impeach Trump

Associated Press  

— When Liz Cheney, the third-ranking Republican in the House of Representatives, decided to vote to impeach a president from her own party, she knew she’d cause some waves. But Cheney’s vote against Donald Trump has put her home state of Wyoming — by some measures the most Republican state in the country — on the front lines of the …

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