After getting TROUNCED in Wyoming, Liz Cheney reckons she might run for PRESIDENT



Wyoming Republicans have sent Rep. Liz Cheney — and the Republican Party — a "massive message" by voting her out of Congress, but it now looks like Cheney is trying to turn this into an Abraham Lincoln moment.

After seeming to compare herself to former President Abraham Lincoln, who "was defeated in elections for the Senate and the House before he won the most important election of all" during a speech Tuesday night, Cheney appeared on NBC's "TODAY" show Wednesday and told host Savannah Guthrie that she's "thinking about" a White House run.

Is it possible she didn't get the message?

On the radio program Wednesday, Glenn Beck and producer Stu Burguiere marveled at Cheney's tone-deaf response to Tuesday's devastating defeat, which, surprisingly, was not even the weirdest thing about this election.

"I think a humiliating and devastating loss puts you right where you need to be to launch a presidential campaign. Don't you think?" Glenn asked.

"Let me ask Beto O'Rourke. Hold on one second. I'll get him on the phone," Stu joked. "I mean, really, what is the constituency for a Liz Cheney presidency? She basically runs the state of Wyoming, and her family runs the state of Wyoming, and she got 29% of the vote there. So what is the constituency, other than the possibility of running as an independent candidate to shave votes from Donald Trump?"

"She's going to be brave and she's going to take that stage with Donald Trump ... She's going to be the one that takes him on and she will last all of about 45 seconds," Glenn said. "He will pummel her."

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Liz Cheney ally says primary challenge by Trump-backed candidate will be the 'bloodiest' race in Wyoming history



An ally to Republican Rep. Liz Cheney said that her primary fight against a challenger backed by former President Donald Trump will be the "bloodiest" race in Wyoming history.

The comments were made by Wyoming state Rep. Landon Brown (R) in reference to Cheney's controversial presence on the congressional committee investigating the rioting at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6. 2021.

“I certainly think that’s gonna hurt her, especially here in Wyoming where you've got an extremely conservative base,” said Brown.

“I think this will probably be the bloodiest race in Wyoming's history," he added.

The Jan. 6 committee has been aggressively seeking documents and testimony from dozens of former Trump administration members and others associated with the former president. They sought and obtained phone records from Eric Trump and Kimberly Guilfoyle, fiancée to Donald Trump Jr., while also calling on Ivanka Trump to voluntarily testify before the committee on Thursday.

Cheney has been a vocal and outspoken critic of Trump, who responded by backing attorney Harriet Hageman's campaign to seize the Republican nomination from Cheney.

Former Campbell County Commissioner Mark Christensen agreed that the primary election would likely be a bitter fight.

“I think that the race itself will be really ugly,” said Christensen. “I would say probably in the next month or two we're going to see things get much more aggressive out here.”

Despite admitting that the race will be difficult one for Cheney, Brown said he still believes she has the edge over her pro-Trump competitor.

“It's going to be an ugly fight,” said Brown. “But I do think that it's going to be a fight worth watching, because it's going to show the rest of this country what it's going to look like in another two years when we go to have a presidential race.”

The primary election for Wyoming's singular seat in the U.S. House will be decided in August.

Here's more about Cheney on the Jan. 6 committee:

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Trump to endorse challenger to Rep. Liz Cheney, reports say



Former President Donald Trump is reportedly ready to endorse a primary challenger against Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.), his most prominent Republican critic in the U.S. House of Representatives.

According to Politico and the Associated Press, Trump will endorse attorney Harriet Hageman against Cheney, anonymous sources familiar with his decision said. His support may unite Republican opposition to Cheney behind one challenger, increasing the chances that Hageman emerges victorious from the field of at least 8 candidates vying to defeat Cheney for the GOP nomination for Wyoming's at-large Congressional District.

Cheney, formerly the highest-ranking Republican woman in Congress, drew Trump's ire and the GOP base's fury by voting to impeach the former president over his role in the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol. In the aftermath of her vote, House Republicans voted to remove Cheney from GOP leadership for being insufficiently supportive of Trump and for criticizing his unproven claims that the 2020 election was fraudulent. She has never apologized for her vote nor has she stopped voicing strong opposition to Trump.

In July, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) appointed Cheney to serve on the House Select Committee investigating the Jan. 6 riot, a role which Cheney accepted against the wishes of Republican Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.).

Trump has called Cheney a "loser RINO," vowing to support a candidate to defeat her in the Republican primary. He reportedly met with several candidates running against Cheney or exploring the option to do so before settling on Hageman.

"He interviewed a lot of people, and when it was done, it was clear she's in a class of her own," said one Republican familiar with Trump's selection process.

Hageman stepped down as the Wyoming GOP's national committeewoman Tuesday in preparation for her run against Cheney. In her resignation letter, she praised state party officials for voting to censure Cheney over the impeachment vote.

"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," Hageman wrote.

Trump's expected endorsement of Hageman would be the latest in a spate of endorsements he's made against incumbent Republican lawmakers seen as insufficiently supportive of the former president. Trump on Tuesday endorsed Michigan state lawmaker Steve Carra in his bid to unseat longtime incumbent Rep. Fred Upton (R-Mich.), who also voted for impeachment. A week before, Trump endorsed challengers to Reps. Anthony Gonzalez (R-Ohio) and Jaime Herrera Beutler (R-Wash.), two more Republicans who voted for impeachment.