Update 2020ET: In a widely expected outcome, former President Donald Trump’s highest-profile GOP critic, Rep. Liz Cheney of Wyoming, has been voted out of Congress.
Her challenger, Harriet Hageman, was ahead by more than 30% with 13% of the votes counted – enough for NBC News to call it for her.
Cheney, the daughter of former vice president Dick Cheney, had been the #3 ranked Republican in the House – easily winning her last election in 2020. Things changed, however, when she became one of 10 Republicans that voted to impeach Trump – who Democrats accused of inciting the January 6th riot. She later joined the January 6th committee, on which she currently services as Vice Chair.
And look at what happened to the rest of the anti-Trump Republicans who voted to impeach:
“Congratulations to Harriet Hageman on her great and very decisive WIN in Wyoming,” Trump said in a statement on Truth Social. “This is a wonderful result for America, and a complete rebuke of the Unselect Committee of political Hacks and Thugs. Liz Cheney should be ashamed of herself, the way she acted, and her spiteful, sanctimonious words and actions towards others. Now she can finally disappear into the depths of political oblivion where, I am sure, she will be much happier than she is right now. Thank you WYOMING!”
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If recent polls are any indication, neocon Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) is about to lose her seat in today’s primaries, after going on a poorly-received crusade against former President Donald Trump.
In one recent poll, Cheney challenger Harriet Hageman – who disputed the legitimacy of the 2020 US election – was leading Cheney by nearly 30 points. Of note, 70% of Wyoming voters chose Trump in 2020 – the highest percentage of any state in the nation.
Cheney, 56, sparked conservative backlash against her by choosing to die on hill of election fraud and the January 6th committee, of which she’s the vice chair. Unsurprisingly, her warmongering father’s laughable campaign ad in which he said there’s ‘never been a greater threat to our republic than Donald Trump’ didn’t do Liz any favors.
“She’s almost certainly toast,” said American University political scientist, David Barker. “My guess is that she knew that the second she decided to really join the Jan. 6 committee and pursue the president in that way.”
“She hasn’t just been kind of a passive member of the committee,” he added. “She’s been really leading the whole charge and doing so in the most provocative and high-profile ways.”
Cheney doesn’t care
“America cannot remain free if we abandon the truth. The lie that the 2020 presidential election was stolen is insidious — it preys on those who love their country,” she said in a closing argument campaign video released Thursday. “It is a door Donald Trump opened to manipulate Americans to abandon their principles, to sacrifice their freedom, to justify violence, to ignore the rulings of our courts and the rule of law.”
“This is Donald Trump’s legacy, but it cannot be the future of our nation.”
At least one supporter held out hope, according to the Associated Press.
“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.”
Her likely defeat on Tuesday has raised speculation over her next move – including a potential run for president in 2024, which she hasn’t ruled out.
If one simply reads the room, however, it’s clear that Cheney would be up against a tide of Trump supporters, who largely view her as a traitor.
“My sense is that if it is [her plan], she’s going to have a long wait,” said Bill Galston, senior fellow at the Brookings Institution. “I don’t think that Donald Trump supporters will ever forgive her, nor do I think they’re going away.”
“Where else would they go?”
Today's the day Wyoming gives Miss Piggy the 👢 pic.twitter.com/PGNwVXEWd2
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Those Cheney people have a thing about people getting shot in the head.
Good riddance Miss Piggy…………………
In 6 years Trump has been able to end 4 political dynasties of these greedy warmongering asshats. Hopefully, Murkowski and Pierre Delecto are next. Need to get rid off all these political families.
Great Cartoon!
Hoooooraaaaay!
Who are the 30% that still voted for this person? They need to have their franchise revoked.
Half were probably democrats who switched party for the primary, the other half would be the Cheney family.
Pure HOPIUM HUFFING.
I wish her dad would shoot her in the face.
Good riddance to that cunt. But, still …… THIRTY PERCENT voted for her??? WTF?
Well, it won’t actually be “good riddance”. That vacuous cunt will get her own show on CuNNt or that other libfuk cable news show very soon.
She’ll sign on with the hags at the View before the month is out.
Did you see the embedded AP video? The only ones who voted for her were homosexuals, low T beta males, and left-wing looney Democrat women posing as Republicans for the primary (WI law allows them to vote in the GOP primary and Miss Piggy was encouraging them to do so).
She’ll make more money now in DC as a “Lifelong Republican”.
Hollyweird or Noo Yawk would be an even better fit for this Evil Fucker tool, as a “lifelong Republicant”.
Karl Denninger says….
I still want to know how you go from $7 million in net worth to $44 in six years when your Congressional salary is $174,000.
https://market-ticker.org/akcs-www?post=246631
Itz a mystery, wrapped in a riddle, inside an enigma.
Slow and steady wins the race
My eyes see another tranny.
Someone/somewhere is yelling out”Liz,your fired!”
She has vowed to do whatever it takes to make sure Trump is not allowed to run again. Of course being out of congress reduces her power somewhat. But running for president keeps her in the spotlight. All this will do is boost his support. Dumber than a box of rocks. The more they hammer on him, the more support he gets. They have 2 choices. Find something to put him in jail for (not likely) since most of them have done at least as many criminal things as Trump if not worse. Or take him out, but not to lunch. Either choice would light a bigger fire than they realize.
Really, all they had to do was ignore Trump and his shrinking base like he never existed. He kept losing supporters by going around saying the vaccines were the best thing since sliced bread and reminding people it was him that started this mess. But no, the Democrats apparently want to start a fire. Some of them will regret they ever went down that road.
That’s precisely what this is about. Their greatest fear is that we would ignore him.
It is all so tiresome. I just deleted my Gab account I only had for a couple months.
Me too. I soon realized it’s one of the sites the “Company” allows to run on their grid because they know that intense Larping acts as a relief valve and prevents them from thinking clearly.
She will be back. Like they say south of the border.. bad things never die….
Sadly, the neogones will only be gone in red and purple states.
Beahahahahahahaha!