Report: Trump Set To Endorse Opponent To Anti-Trump Congresswoman Liz Cheney In Wyoming
Former President Donald Trump is reportedly slated to endorse the opponent of embattled Republican Rep. Liz Cheney for the Wyoming race in 2022.
According to reports, the former Republican chief executive will back Wyoming attorney Harriet Hageman, who is expected to be the primary challenger of Cheney in the next year’s election.
Trump has long been a critic of Cheney, who was one of the few Republicans to vote twice to impeach the former president.
Citing “three individuals familiar with [Trump’s] plans,” Politico reported that the former President Trump will endorse Hageman.
“Trump’s looming involvement in the primary will test his political power in the GOP like never before, as he seeks to punish the most high-profile House Republican to vote for his impeachment in January. His allies and team not only encouraged Hageman to run against Cheney — they now are under pressure to clear the crowded primary field of other candidates who could split anti-Cheney sentiment, which would give the incumbent the chance to win her primary with only a plurality,” the publication wrote.
The mostly left-leaning site also noted that as a “final step before officially announcing her campaign later this week, Hageman resigned Tuesday as one of Wyoming’s members of the Republican National Committee.”
“While I have thoroughly enjoyed my work as National Committeewoman, I will not be able to continue in that role at this time and am hereby submitting my resignation to be effective immediately,” Hageman wrote in her resignation letter.
“I have every intention of staying active in the Republican Party and in Republican politics, but will be doing so through different means,” Hageman added.
Hageman also mentioned that Cheney had been penalized by the committee.
“By censuring Rep. Liz Cheney we sent the strong message that we expect our elected officials to respect the views and values of the people who elected them. Accountability is key and I am proud of our party for demanding it,” she added.
The House Republicans earlier voted overwhelmingly to oust Cheney as the GOP Conference Chair, the third-highest position in the House Republican leadership, after backing Democrats in their efforts to impeach former President Trump related to the January 6 Capitol Hill riot.
She was then replaced by Rep. Elise Stefanik (New York) after receiving the endorsement of former President Trump.
BREAKING: Liz Cheney has been ousted from her leadership position
— Daily Caller (@DailyCaller) May 12, 2021
That time, Cheney accused the former Republican President of inciting the violence that ensued in the capitol.
“The President of the United States summoned this mob, assembled the mob, and lit the flame of this attack,” Cheney said at the time. “Everything that followed was his doing. None of this would have happened without the President. The President could have immediately and forcefully intervened to stop the violence. He did not. There has never been a greater betrayal by a President of the United States of his office and his oath to the Constitution.”
“All members, especially House and Senate leaders, should support this effort and there should be no delay in passing this bill to find the facts and the truth about what happened on January 6th and the events leading up to it,” Cheney added.
“In the aftermath of national crises, such as Pearl Harbor, the Kennedy assassination, or September 11th, our nation has established commissions so the American people know the truth and we can prevent these events from happening again. The same thing is needed for January 6th and this commission is an important step forward to answering those fundamental questions.”
Cheney also vowed to “do everything” to keep the former president out of the White House.
“I will do everything that I can to ensure that the former president never again gets anywhere near the Oval Office,” Cheney said after being booted out of her top GOP post.
In a recent report, however, Reuters revealed that the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) actually found “scant” evidence proving the said claim after months of pinning the Capitol Hill riot as being instigated by former President Trump.
The FBI has found scant evidence that the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol was the result of an organized plot to overturn the presidential election result, according to four current and former law enforcement officials https://t.co/eFQa3BmZfn 1/8
— Reuters (@Reuters) August 20, 2021
Citing “sources,” the international news outlet said there was no substantial evidence that the January 6 chaos at the US Capitol was part of an organized plot to mount an insurrection against the US government — or that former President Trump was behind it.
Nine out of 10 House Republicans who voted to impeach former President Trump over the incident in the US capitol are also facing primary challenges from “America First” candidates.
Reps. Cheney (Wyoming), Tom Rice (South Carolina), Jaime Herrera Beutler (Washington), Adam Kinzinger (Illinois), Dan Newhouse (Washington), Anthony Gonzalez (Ohio), Fred Upton (Michigan), Peter Meijer (Michigan), and David Valadao (California) are all expecting primary challenges from Republicans.
