All information suggests that Rep. Liz Cheney may lose her Wyoming primary. Cheney has been the spearhead of the January 6th Committee and her whole Washington persona has revolved around Donald Trump. With the August 16th election, Cheney will lose by two-to-one to Harriet Hageman.
It has resulted in desperation. Former Vice President Dick Cheney was summoned to run a final-minute advertising campaign. It was almost surreal to see Democrats who used to accuse him of being a war criminal now celebrate his “honesty” as he proclaims Donald Trump the greatest threat the nation has ever seen. No, that’s not hyperbole. He said it, and that he did not ignore the Civil War or the multitude of presidents who tried the same thing from interrogating people to killing them.
Yet, the move only underscored Cheney’s problems. Is it not surprising that Republican voters will look for someone who cares about them, when everything revolves around Trump? Predictably, though, the Wyoming representative isn’t admitting her own missteps. Instead, she’s employing a team of Republican insiders to execute an unworkable ploy to pull out an unlikely victory.
NEW: Liz Cheney is being saved by a senior fmr Trump White House aide and the chairman of an R-research firm.
Through two seemingly unrelated orgs, they’re pushing Ds to cross over and attacking her challenger’s pro-Trump bona fides https://t.co/3Ul3uUWaaF
— Lachlan Markay (@lachlan) August 4, 2022
What’s happening: Two seemingly unrelated political groups recently popped up to try to beat back Hageman’s challenge.
The idea of getting Democrats to cross over and vote for Cheney isn’t new. It was my critique that she sent out in June, shortly after the campaign had begun to send mailers encouraging her supporters. As I said then, the numbers don’t add up. Even if all of them voted for the GOP primaries, there are not enough Democrats to save Cheney. The only way that changes is if Cheney sees a surge among Republicans that get her within striking distance first, and there’s no evidence that’s going to happen.
According to the Wyoming Secretary of State’s website, there are 193,000 registered Republicans in the state. There are 44,000 Democrats, however. You do the math on that, but it’s not good for Cheney. It’s also a pipe dream that she’d even pull every Democrat voter to her side. Many left-leaning voters still believe that the Cheneys were evil in their own right, even though they are older than the Bush years.
The GOP groups are spending their money. That is quite typical. Cheney and her staff know that Cheney’s goose has been cooked, and there is no way out. But political campaigns are nothing if they aren’t blatant grifts. The money flows until the last vote is recorded.
Her belligerence only will get worse once Cheney loses. She will drag this January 6th thing out until she can’t anymore, which will be the moment she leaves office. After that, it’s cable news hits and fundraising for her coming failed presidential campaign. As I said, it’s all a scam. While she is aware that her chances of winning are slim, there will still be many donors (including Democrats) who want to see her fight against Trump. Certainly, if nothing else, it’ll be entertaining.
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