We’ve been keeping an eye on Rep. Liz Cheney’s primary race in Wyoming, and it hasn’t been looking good for her for some time now.
As we reported, she’s been trailing her Trump-endorsed primary opponent Harriet Hageman, at different points, by up to 30 points. In June, another poll showed that she was unfavorable by 73 percent Wyoming Republicans. On top of ignoring Republicans, she’s even begging Democrats to crossover and vote for her. That’s not going over well with Republicans.
Cheney is convinced that Cheney can win, and may have even a shot at running for president in 2024. Cheney believes that Donald Trump’s Jan. 6 Committee efforts will somehow propel her forward. But that’s truly next-level crazy. Most Americans are not watching the hearings, because they know it’s a biased attempt to get Trump and hurt Republicans. Only the Democrats that hate Trump and Republicans are actually watching this. That isn’t most of America, and those people aren’t going to vote for Liz Cheney once they get what they want out of her on the Committee.
The real trouble she has is that she’s been so focused on her hate for Trump and throwing in with the Democrats on the Committee, that she’s ignored her constituents and what they want. She’s not even made any kind of attempt to explain herself to Republican voters in Wyoming. She hasn’t even been seen at Republican town halls and such events. Hageman continues to travel the state, building her support. The Republican party has censured Cheney, and she’s burnt her bridges with them big time.
CNN’s report on Wyoming’s attitudes towards Cheney is a wonderful way to see the real picture. Interviews were conducted at Frontier Days and it was difficult to locate anyone supporting Cheney. People were openly vocal about how they hated Cheney at this stage. This is truly hilarious.
“Are you planning to support Liz Cheney,” the CNN reporter asks one older lady.
“Can I cuss?” she asks, quickly adding. “Hell, no!”
Cheney was being considered for another term by another woman. She responded, “Frankly I think she’s had three too many.”
Many were upset by the fact that she was on Jan. 6 Committee. “I find her work on the Jan. 6 Committee just repulsive,” another woman said. Most said that the Jan. 6 Committee was a “witch hunt.”
“If it were about the rule of law,” one man said, why wasn’t Trump allowed a defense team? He called it a “kangaroo court” and said that wasn’t the “Wyoming way.” If the Committee allowed real defense evidence and rebuttal rather than the carefully crafted narrative, it would blow their efforts against Trump out of the water.
“Are you proud of her for taking on Donald Trump,” the reporter asked a woman.
“No,” she declared bluntly.
While they did find two people in the vast crowd of folks who were still supportive of Cheney, the report is yet one more point that shows Cheney’s goose is about to be cooked in Wyoming.
This post was last modified on July 31, 2022 4:04 pm
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