Cheney was ostracized by the Wyoming state GOP, whose head had personally attended the rally the day of the Capitol attack.
The Republican congresswoman Liz Cheney, engaged in a methodical battle against Donald Trump, is poised, barring a shocking windfall, to taste a painful defeat today in Wyoming, a state anchored on the right, where the candidate supported by the former president is reportedly on his way to a clear victory.
Harriet Hageman has a roughly 20-point lead in the race for the party’s nomination to run for the House seat in November’s midterm elections, according to polls. Recent research by the University of Wyoming gives it as much as a 30 point difference.
Ms. Cheney, 56, is one of the billionaire’s black sheep after she joined the House of Representatives special inquiry committee investigating Mr. Trump’s role in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the federal Capitol.
The daughter of former US Vice President Dick Cheney is co-chairman of the special inquiry into Mr Trump’s alleged “dereliction of duty” during an onslaught of supporters to try to block congressional ratification of the Democratic president’s victory Joe Biden in the 2020 presidential election.
In response, the 45th US president stepped up his attacks on the “disloyal and warmongering” Mrs Cheney, throwing his weight behind her rival Harriet Hageman, a 59-year-old ranch-raised lawyer, with whom he campaigned at the end of May.
In the state where Mr. Trump won more than 70% of the vote in 2020, Harriet Hageman notably favors the Trump environment’s theory that the outcome of the 2020 election was the result of a “stolen” that the Republican former president won — although there is no proof of it.
Death threats
For her part, Liz Cheney, who had advocated for the tycoon’s ouster, who ultimately escaped that fate, has been trying hard for more than a year to debunk the claim, believed by millions of his followers Mr. Trump.
Since she began participating in the investigation of the special investigative committee of the House of Representatives against Donald Trump and his entourage, she has received threats against her life and now only moves with a police escort. She is thus forced to conduct an election campaign like a ghost, without public gatherings or events.
Cheney was ostracized by the Wyoming state GOP, whose head had personally attended the rally the day of the Capitol attack.
“No matter how long this battle of ours takes, it is a battle we will win. “Millions of Americans across our country — Republican, Democrat, independent — are united for freedom,” Liz Cheney said in a taped message distributed over the weekend.
“We are stronger, more dedicated and more determined than those who are trying to destroy our democracy. This is our great mission and we will win,” he assured.
What does the future hold in case of defeat for her who has vowed to do everything to ensure that Donald Trump never even gets near the Oval Office again? Rumors have her harboring ambitions to run for the White House in 2024, entering the race as an independent candidate if necessary.
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