NPR reports: Wyoming Republican Rep. Liz Cheney conceded defeat in the primary election for her House seat on Tuesday following months of her withering criticism of former President Donald Trump and his efforts to subvert the 2020 election. “This primary election is over, but now the real work begins,” Cheney said, nodding to future political plans to take on Trump. …
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Cheney’s Challenger: The 2020 Election Was “Rigged”
The Casper Star-Tribune reports: Rep. Liz Cheney’s Donald Trump-endorsed challenger, Harriet Hageman, told a crowd of people that the 2020 election was “rigged” in favor of President Joe Biden. This statement is Hageman’s clearest public stance on the integrity of the presidential election so far. “Absolutely the election was rigged. It was rigged to make sure that President Trump could …
Read More »Trump To Hold Wyoming Rally For Cheney Challenger
The Hill reports: Former President Trump is set to hold a rally later this month in Wyoming to boost Harriet Hageman in her primary challenge against Rep. Liz Cheney (Wyo.), Trump’s most prominent Republican critic in Congress. Trump’s leadership PAC, Save America, said in an announcement that he and Hageman will rally together in Casper on May 28. The gathering …
Read More »Trump Fails To End Crossover Voting In WY Primary
The Casper Star-Tribune reports: The Donald Trump-endorsed crossover voting bill died Tuesday in the Wyoming House after it was not considered by a legislative deadline. The bill aimed to end same-day party affiliation changes, meaning voters would not have been able to switch parties in roughly the three months prior to a primary. If the measure had become law, voters …
Read More »Cheney Greatly Outraises Trump-Backed Challenger
Axios reports: Key Trump-backed Republican challengers were heavily outraised by their Republican primary opponents late last year, newly filed financial reports show. Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.), more than quadrupled the fourth-quarter fundraising haul of her top primary opponent, fellow Republican Harriet Hageman. Cheney’s $2 million haul, her best-ever fundraising quarter, came as she spearheaded efforts to investigate Trump’s role in …
Read More »Thiel, Junior To Host Fundraisers For Cheney Challenger
Politico reports: Tech billionaire Peter Thiel and Donald Trump Jr. are co-hosting a pair of January fundraisers for Wyoming Republican Harriet Hageman, the Trump-backed primary challenger running against GOP Rep. Liz Cheney, according to an invitation to be sent out to GOP donors Thursday. Thiel, a PayPal co-founder and early Facebook investor who has emerged as one of the most …
Read More »Trump’s Hand-Picked Cheney Challenger Used To Condemn Trump As “Weak, Racist, And Xenophobic”
The New York Times reports: Former President Donald J. Trump is leading an all-out war against Representative Liz Cheney of Wyoming because of her perceived lack of loyalty: After voting to impeach him, she became the voice of Republican opposition to his attempt to overturn the 2020 election. But his choice to replace her, Harriet Hageman, was not always a …
Read More »Trump To Endorse Liz Cheney’s Primary Challenger
Politico reports: Donald Trump is set to back Wyoming attorney Harriet Hageman as she prepares a primary challenge against GOP Rep. Liz Cheney, according to three people with knowledge of his plans, marking the most important political endorsement yet in Trump’s post-presidency. Trump’s looming involvement in the primary will test his political power in the GOP like never before, as …
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