Liz Cheney

Trump-endorsed challenger Harriet Hageman has a huge lead on three-term incumbent Liz Cheney in the Republican Primary race for Wyoming's lone U.S. House ...

"It's an example of what we in political science call tribalism, where the parties are moving as far out to their wings as they can get," he said. "That number is devastating” "One of the conclusions I drew is this race is really more about Cheney than it's about Trump," Coker agreed.

Through eight House hearings about the Jan. 6 insurrection, Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., was calm, unflappable and plain-spoken. She did not grandstand or gloat ...

What the majority of Republicans struggled to understand, Cheney never lost sight of: The hearings aren’t about spanking a former president. “There will come a day when Donald Trump is gone, but your dishonor will remain,” she had warned her fellow Republicans in the first hearing, with her trademark bluntness. Back home in Wyoming, she has been trailing a Trump-backed candidate in her primary election and stands a fair shot of losing her seat. She would not hide herself behind her party. He, too, was as thorough and somber as the occasion required. The assignment was to create a thorough historical record. Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., was no less accomplished in his role as chair of the House select committee on the Jan. 6 attack. It was a jaded look at the whole affair, but boy howdy, would Cheney have deserved that revenge. She did not apologize to her fellow Republicans for her leading role in the hearings. She would not remain silent. It couldn’t change the past but it might ensure that all Americans vaguely understood the same version of it. She did not try to use her position as a campaign ad for her next election.

Rep. Liz Cheney said Sunday the committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol is prepared to consider subpoenaing Virginia Thomas, wife of ...

Thomas was the only justice who supported Trump’s request for an injunction in the January 2022 ruling. A lawyer for Thomas previously said the conservative activist would not appear voluntarily before the committee. Cheney is the vice chair of the nine-member panel. She added: “I would also say that the Department of Justice certainly is very focused, based on what we see publicly, on what is the largest criminal investigation in American history.” “The committee is engaged with her counsel,” Cheney (R-Wyo.) said in an interview on CNN’s “State of the Union,” when asked if the panel planned to speak with her about efforts to overturn the 2020 election. The committee is fully prepared to contemplate a subpoena if she does not.”

Ensuring that Americans know the truth about former President Trump and protecting American democracy is a higher priority than maintaining a seat in the ...

I believe that my work on this committee is the single most important thing I've ever done professionally." What they're saying: "I am working hard here in Wyoming to earn every vote, but I will also say this: I'm not going to lie. Multiple members of the Jan. 6 committee said on Sunday that they believe there is evidence that former President Trump committed crimes in relation to the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol and he should be investigated. I'm not going to say things that aren't true about the election. Rep. Elaine Luria (D-Va.) told NBC's "Meet the Press" on Sunday she would be open to a 2024 presidential run by fellow Jan. 6 select committee member Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.), saying "her voice is absolutely needed." Ensuring that Americans know the truth about former President Trump and protecting American democracy is a higher priority than maintaining a seat in the House, Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) told CNN's "State of the Union" on Sunday.

After the GOP blackballed Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., for criticizing Trump, she's fighting to keep her House seat in Wyoming.

The main difference is their relationship with Trump. Cheney was one of 10 Republicans to vote for Trump’s impeachment over his alleged incitement of a riot, and she lost her spot as head of the House GOP conference after refusing to endorse the former president’s false claims of election fraud. Hageman is getting 40% of her donations from Cowboy State residents and PACs. Hageman also has more pull with small donors, who make up 43% of her donations, a signal of grassroots support. How do Wyoming voters feel about Cheney’s bad blood with Trump?: Many Wyoming voters aren’t happy with Cheney’s prominent role in rebuffing the former president. Hageman, on the other hand, has Trump's endorsement and is vocal in her support of him. Even some Democratic donors have given her money because of the stance she has taken against Trump. - 👱♂️ Why this matters: Cheney has broken from the rest of the Republican Party because of her criticism of Trump and his attempt to stay in office after losing reelection. Who is Liz Cheney? Cheney is Wyoming’s only representative in the House, due to its small population. - 🗳️ Election Day: The Republican primary in Wyoming is Aug. 16. She unsuccessfully ran for governor of Wyoming in 2018. Another voter called her “very effective” despite not liking all her policy positions. Here's what you need to know about the race: The race is a test of how strong the former president’s hold is in one of the most conservative states in the country.

A new Casper Star-Tribune poll shows Rep. Liz Cheney, a Republican leader on the Jan. 6 committee, far behind her challenger, Harriet Hageman, in the House ...

This brutal poll is a "tribute to Cheney's courage in standing up against Donald Trump in a state where the election-denying prevaricator won 70 percent of the vote in 2020," says E.J. Dionne Jr. in The Washington Post. Cheney's last hope is for "every Democrat" and independent in Wyoming to cross over and vote for her in the Aug. 16 Republican primary, "which they can do under state law." Cheney's campaign ads don't even mention Trump, says John Nichols in The Nation. They "talk about her fierce opposition to gun control, abortion rights, and 'Green New Deal regulations [that] threaten to hamstring our producers and stifle economic growth in our communities.'" But Trump is sure campaigning against her through Hageman, who is "mounting an overtly pro-Trump and anti-Cheney campaign." Trump's diehard supporters "passionately believe the election was stolen" — even though there is zero evidence it was — because they have chosen to believe the lie. Cheney, daughter of former vice president and Wyoming congressman Dick Cheney, was born in Wisconsin and grew up in Washington, D.C. Her detractors accuse her of returning to her family's home state "only to win political office." The MAGA crowd isn't mad at Liz Cheney because they think she's a carpetbagger, says Jonah Goldberg at The Dispatch. She's "a villain because she's telling the truth." Cheney kept pushing as a leader of the House select committee investigating the attack, and Trump's role in encouraging the rioters by urging them to pressure Congress not to certify his 2020 election loss to President Biden. Trump has endorsed Hageman, a natural resources lawyer, and called Cheney "despicable." Cheney has outspent her primary opponents with ads touting her unwavering conservative record — she voted with Trump 92.9 percent of the time. No wait, it was Hugo Chavez! Okay, Chavez didn't do it — it was the Chinese! Okay, I was wrong about the Chinese, it was Dominion! No, it was Mark Zuckerberg. The Deep State! Soros! Fauci! Col. Sanders..." When that's the reasoning you're up against, being on the side of truth puts you on the losing team. Cheney fell out of favor with Wyoming's Republican establishment, which censured her after she voted in favor of then-President Donald Trump's impeachment over the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack by a mob of his supporters. Standing with democracy's defenders, even if you disagree with them on many other issues, should take priority." Falling out of sync with Wyoming Republicans on Trump only reinforced criticism of her as an "opportunistic outsider," and "reminded some Wyomingites of everything they didn't like about" her in the first place. Hageman had the backing of 52 percent of participants, to Cheney's 30 percent. It was taken from July 7 to July 11, just after the start of early voting.

Cheney is vice chair of the Jan. 6 Committee and one of two Republicans investigating the insurrection and Trump's involvement.

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Thomas, a conservative activist, texted with then-White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows about attempts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential ...

“I think that Donald Trump, the violation of his oath of office, the violation of the Constitution that he engaged in, is the most serious misconduct of any president in the history of our nation,” she said. "The committee is fully prepared to contemplate a subpoena." Email records also revealed she also corresponded with President Donald Trump’s election attorney, John Eastman. The committee has requested to meet with Thomas and asked her to provide to the panel any relevant documents in her possession. The committee is fully prepared to contemplate a subpoena if she does not.” @RepLizCheneysays Jan. 6 committee will consider subpoenaing Ginni Thomas, the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, because of messages sent to Mark Meadows about 2020 election results. Rep. Liz Cheney indicated that Ginni Thomas, wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, may receive a subpoena from the Jan. 6 committee if she refuses to appear voluntarily.

The committee has been interested in Thomas, who is known as "Ginni," since it learned she corresponded via email with conservative attorney John Eastman, who ...

I'm not going to say things that aren't true about the election," she said. "I will also say this, I'm not going to lie. Cheney's appearance Sunday came on the heels of the committee holding its last public hearing of the summer on Thursday night.

After a series of blockbuster summer hearings, the bipartisan Congressional panel has a busy August ahead as it prepares for more public proceedings this ...

“I certainly hope they’re moving forward,” Republican Congressman Adam Kinzinger said of the Justice Department on ABC News’ This Week Sunday. “I certainly think there’s evidence of crimes, and I think it goes all the way up to Donald Trump.” He has remained defiant, with his team promising a “bullet-proof appeal,” but the committee has indicated it would still welcome his voluntary testimony, if the offer stands. The January 6 committee spent the first half of the summer presenting a damning case against Donald Trump, detailing the lengths to which the former president went to try to maintain his hold on power.