Liz Cheney lost her seat in the United States Congress on Tuesday, August 16, after losing the primary in Wyoming. The vice chair of the committee responsible for investigating the January 6, 2021 Capitol raid lost to Harriet Hageman. Contrary to Cheney, Hageman has supported the theory about the fraudulent results in the 2021 presidential elections, defended by Donald Trump since he lost the US presidency to Joe Biden. Cheney got 31% of the vote and Hageman about 65%, advances the American newspaper The Washington Post, which quotes AFP.
“Two years ago I won the primaries with 73% of the votes. He could easily have done the same thing over again. The path was clear, but it required me to collaborate with President Trump’s lies about the 2020 election,” Cheney said in his speech, quoted by The Guardian. “I would have demanded that you allow his continued efforts to undo our democratic system and attack the foundations of our republic. This was a path I couldn’t and didn’t want to take.”
The defeat of the daughter of Dick Cheney, former vice president of George W. Bush, who represented the state of Wyoming in the US House of Representatives for a decade, was not a great surprise: predicted in the polls, it is proof plus. of the support base that Donald Trump maintains within that party. The Republicans who oppose the former president and his thesis on fraudulent elections have been losing the primaries, as is the case in the states of Ohio, Pennsylvania, Arizona or Michigan..
“There is no room in the House [dos Representantes], in the office, on this land that is more important than the principles we are all sworn to uphold. And I well understood the political consequences of doing my duty,” he said, alluding to his anti-Trump positions, which have earned him several death threats from Trump supporters.
“Our Republic counts on the good will of all the candidates to honorably accept the results of the elections. And tonight Harriet Hageman received the most votes in these primaries. She won. I called him to concede. This primary election is over. But now the real work begins.”
At the end of her speech, Liz Cheney, who was praised by the Democratic Party and criticized by Republicans for her positions, reinforced her promise not to let Donald Trump take the previous position – the former president has already spoken about the possibility of announcing his candidacy in the 2024 elections.[Vamos fazer] whatever it takes to ensure that Trump does not approach the Oval Office again.”
Following the defeat, several Republicans celebrated Liz Cheney’s departure. “Congratulations to Harriet Hageman on her massive victory in Wyoming against Liz Cheney, Nancy Pelosi’s puppet,” wrote New York State Congresswoman Elise Stefani, number three in the House of Representatives.
Source: Observadora
