Cheney faces political storm in Wyoming
By Tal Axelrod and Julia Manchester - 07/28/21 06:00 AM ED
GOP Rep. Liz Cheney is facing a wave of primary challengers at home as the Wyoming congresswoman and avowed Trump critic takes center stage with the start of the Jan. 6 select committee hearings.
Cheney, who hails from a storied Wyoming family and boasts a staunchly conservative voting record, has found herself fighting for her political life thanks to her vocal and repeated rebukes of former President Trump over his role in the Jan. 6 insurrection.
The first hearing before the select committee, which was formed by Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) to investigate Trump’s role in the riot, comes the same week the former president is meeting with some of Cheney’s GOP challengers at his New Jersey golf club, raising enthusiasm — and expectations — among her detractors.
“When she goes out and does a press conference every week slamming [Trump] and joins Pelosi’s committee and basically does everything in her power possible to infuriate the base, voters are seeing that and they’re reacting very negatively to it,” one national GOP strategist said.
Cheney is facing a total of eight primary challengers, including state Sen. Anthony Bouchard (R), state Rep. Chuck Gray (R) and former Pavillion, Wyo., Mayor Marissa Joy Selvig.
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