Cheney Gets Special Protection After Death Threats

The New York Times reports:

Ms. Cheney had spent much of a recent congressional recess in Wyoming and yet was rarely seen in public. The appearances she did make — a visit to the Chamber of Commerce in Casper, a hospital opening (with her father) in Star Valley — were barely publicized beforehand, in large part for security concerns.

She has received a stream of death threats, common menaces among high-profile critics of Mr. Trump, and is now surrounded by a newly deployed detail of plainclothes, ear-pieced agents. Ms. Cheney was recently assigned protection from the Capitol Police, an unusual measure for a House member not in a leadership position.

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“(Liz Cheney’s) campaign spent $58,000 on security from January to March, including three former Secret Service officers, according to documents filed with the Federal Election Commission.”https://t.co/aHFRCQ7eFn

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