3 in House leadership, she was the highest ranking Republican to publicly declare Trump was unfit to serve as president.Ĭheney’s decision shook Trump’s second impeachment with seismic force. When she cast her vote to impeach Trump last year, then serving as the No.
Things were very different even 18 months ago, as Cheney’s trajectory in a Trump-dominated GOP rapidly veered off course after the violent Capitol siege by his supporters. “I will never support that family again.”In other words, Cheney’s beliefs make the Wyoming native the outsider now. 6 committee, arguing that she had fed into a Democratic narrative and adding that while “I don’t necessarily love Hageman, I’m done with Cheney.” Craig Thomas (R-Wyo.), where he once worked.īut Dykes soured on the family altogether over Liz Cheney’s service on the Jan. Jackson native George Dykes, 53, said he’d supported the Cheney family for years and recalled seeing former Vice President Dick Cheney’s daughter walk into the office of former Sen. Still, the town itself is one of two blue dots in a sea of red within the state that swung towards Trump by almost 70 percentage points. At least they were in the Wyoming in which I grew up.” Liz is showing honesty, integrity, courage - which I always thought were traditional Wyoming values. “But her opposition would tell you that Liz is displaying Wyoming values. “There’s not much about the Cheneys that I care for,” Tarantola said in an interview in a cigar lounge in Jackson Hole. Bryan Tarantola, 75, a Democrat and longtime Wyoming resident, said he has registered as a Republican this election year so he can vote for Cheney in the primary. Some pro-Cheney signs were visible in Jackson during the runup to the primary, showing support for a hometown politician, and there were signs that her strategy to hang on is succeeding on some levels. “Electoral outcomes, in the meantime, have no bearing on our work.” Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) when asked whether the outcome of Cheney’s primary would affect the committee’s work. “We have a charge to investigate the violent assault on our democracy on January 6 and to report on recommendations for our national response,” said panel member Rep. Capitol holds a hearing on July 12, 2022. Jamie Raskin listen as the House select committee investigating the Jan.
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As the investigation wraps up, members are still planning a final report ahead of the midterms detailing their findings on the attack and how to prevent future threats moving forward. Investigators for the panel are still interviewing witnesses ahead of more hearings expected next month, with Cheney set to continue in her high-profile vice chair seat. 6 panel members, all appointed by Speaker Nancy Pelosi, vow they’ll continue their work through the end of this Congress, even as Capitol Hill’s focus starts shifting to the handling of classified documents the FBI found at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home and the DOJ’s investigation of efforts by Trump and his allies to subvert his loss to President Joe Biden.
“She’s still part of the committee investigating … and I think she’ll continue to carry on.” 6 and later prevailed in contested primary battles. Dan Newhouse (R-Wash.), one of only two House Republicans who voted to impeach Trump over Jan. “Regardless of the outcome of the election, she’ll still continue to be engaged for the next few months here in Congress,” said Rep. And some fellow Republicans predict she’ll have no trouble commanding attention, even if she loses her House seat, thanks in large part to her select committee platform. That loss is likely to only heighten the importance of Cheney’s role in the Capitol attack investigation in terms of keeping her name in the mix ahead of a 2024 presidential field that she has not ruled out trying to join - if she can find a lane as a Trump spoiler without helping him by serving as a foil. She is likely to lose her House seat to pro-Trump Harriet Hageman in the GOP primary, according to most public polls, despite an active effort to corral support from Wyoming Democrats who have welcomed her work on the Jan.
Yet for Cheney, the political consequences will be evident on Tuesday.
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