Liz Cheney concedes defeat in Wyoming Republican primary
Liz Cheney was trounced in her congressional renomination bid on Tuesday, as Wyoming Republicans gave their tacit endorsement to Donald Trump’s attempts to overturn the 2020 presidential election.
Speaking to supporters at a cattle ranch in the Rocky Mountains on the state’s western end, Ms. Cheney warned that the country is “barreling again toward crisis, lawlessness and violence” after Republicans nominated a slew of candidates who, like Ms. Hageman, champion Mr. Trump’s false claims that his re-election defeat was rigged.
But the 56-year-old lawyer became one of few prominent Republicans to break with him over his attempts to throw out his Tom Mattimore, a 72-year-old retired boot maker in Laramie, Wyo., said Ms. Cheney was already in trouble over doubts that she was spending much time in the state, the country’s least populous, whose 600,000 residents are used to regular contact with their elected representatives. “Liz Cheney hasn’t been around much. We don’t like that in these parts,” Mr. Mattimore said.
Warren Van Genderen said he agreed with Mr. Trump on policy, particularly his tough talk on China and his support for the oil and gas industry. But Mr. Van Genderen, 84, had always felt Mr. Trump was “a bozo, a buffoon” and “not presidential.” The now-former president’s actions on Jan. 6 solidified his alarm.
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