CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney, a leader in the Republican resistance to former President Donald Trump, is fighting to save her seat in the U.S. House on Tuesday as voters weigh in on the direction of the GOP. Cheney’s team is bracing for a loss against a Trump-backed challenger in the state in which he won by the largest of margins during the 2020 campaign.
Win or lose, the 56-year-old daughter of a vice president is vowing to remain in national politics as she contemplates a 2024 presidential bid. But in the short term, Cheney is facing a dire threat from Republican opponent Harriet Hageman, a Cheyenne ranching industry attorney who has harnessed the full fury of the Trump movement in her bid to expel Cheney from the House.
“I’m still hopeful that the polling numbers are wrong,” said Landon Brown, a Wyoming state representative and vocal Cheney ally. “It’ll be a crying shame really if she does lose. It shows just how much of a stranglehold that Donald Trump has on the Republican Party.”
Liz Cheney had a bright future in the GOP just a few years go. In fact, it would not have been hard to imagine her making a legitimate run at the 2024 GOP Presidential nomination. But then she did what many promising candidate become. A one issue politicians. A politician driven solely by one thing, providing next to zero energy on anything else. A politician who becomes so obsessed with something that nothing else matters.
This became the undoing of people like Al Gore, who went from almost winning the Presidency to talking about global warming, global warming, global warming... and nothing else. Well until global warming became climate change. Then he started to talk about climate change and nothing else. Al Gore has not run for another office after coming a few hundred votes short of being the President. Largely because he can no longer be taken seriously as a politician. He is now just an obsessed man with a passion for one issue.
But Liz Cheney's obsession is unhealthy and largely irrelevant. Al Gore started talking about his cause over 20 years ago. Is still talking about it. Will still talk about it for years to come. Liz Cheney's cause is going to be yesterday's news and will not matter one way or the other in the near future. Sure Trump could run and win in 2024? But what does Cheney do with herself after 2028? Spend the rest of her life showing how much she still hates Trump?
There is speculation that Cheney might throw her hat in the ring in 2024. However, it is said she has no interest (at least now) of being a third party candidate. Her intent would be to enter the GOP primary and go up against Trump head to head. More to the point, if she runs as a third party candidate, she likely siphons more off votes from the Democratic candidate than she would from Trump. 99% of your never-Trumpers voted for Hillary anyways. A Cheney third Party run would likely pull most of those never-Trumpers into the Cheney fold and she would pull in almost no other Republicans who are interested in winning.
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She'll be fine. Her and her scumbag lawyer husband (his law firm represents Hunter Biden) are worth $7.1M. That doesn't include what she inherits when her father takes the big dirt nap.
The whole J6 charade was nothing but one long MSDNC audition. Like I said, she'll be fine.
You really don't understand why this is happening.
She is a classic conservative Republican who believes in limited government control and a strong defense system. She actually voted for the Trump administration programs including tax cuts on the rich people.
But unlike most other Republicans are loyal to one person, Donald Trump.
In the eighties I voted for Republican Presidents like Ronald Reagan and I never voted for Jimmy Carter because I didn't think that he was qualified.
But far to many Republicans have become loyalists.
Arizona is looking like the early 50s when Joseph McCarthy gained power, until Eisenhower and the intellectual people created the Republican Party from that day forward, until they nominated Donald Trump.
If they get control over the Congress and the White House in 2024, the American dream will die.
Well like other politicians this has been very lucrative for Cheney
Her personal net worth has soared from 7 million to 44 million
and she rarely has been back to Wyoming.
And when she does she normally charges people to attend - its for fundraising.
and winking at donors
you can tell who is donating the most...
KD
FBI IS A CRIMINAL ARM OF THE SOCIALIST DEMOCRATS
They took Trumps Passport, but didn't list it on items seized list.
That is a violation of law.
The Judge must enforce the Law by holding AG Garland accountable to criminal charges.
President Joe Failure can't find His Recession but, the Housing sector has"
NAHB home builders' index Aug. 49 (unExpectedly dropped)
Expected = 54
Last report 55
Kumala Harris blamed Americans for the rocketing Inflation.
See cited Inflation is cause by US buying too much of what we want.
If they get control over the Congress and the White House in 2024, the American dream will die.
So... your idea of the 'American Dream' is a police state with an FBI that has become the DNC's STASI, and 87,000 ARMED IRS agents to harass, intimidate, and confiscate the hard-earned wealth of average middle class Americans.
An 'American Dream' where BLM has legitimacy after fleecing the unsuspecting of over $90 MILLION.
An 'American Dream' where children are taught to overtly HATE via the teaching of CRT.
And an 'American Dream' where elementary school children are brutally scarred for life through trans surgery that would make Dr. Josef Mengele proud, or where little kids are groomed by those sicko's who would sexually harm, molest or exploit them for their own sick and twisted pleasure.
Welcome Back (* belatedly)
Commander in Thief Biden. More fitting to this blogs more kinder image toward James .
RRB, Well said and well done.
I using thier Socialist talking points against him.
Thanks KD
Amazing how much spam has disappeared too
Looks like Cheney doesn't represent her constituents
and democracy will prevail
hopefully voter integrity will also
I saw in California the recall Gascon had over 200,000 rejections, something like 25% of submitted.
compared to under 1% in their normal elections
and the rejections were not witnessed...
Banana State
Sad the banana state of the GOP will reward lying fat assed NYer's who thinks the law is for others while dedicated R's who protect the constitution from tyrants is tossed into the wind....when will you guys ever learn?????????
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