her race because that is what years actually supposed to do when you lose an election. concede. our republic relies on the goodwill of all candidates for office to accept honorably the outcome of elections and tonight harriet hageman has received the most votes in this primary. she won. i called her to concede the race. this primary election is over but now the real work begins. [applause] congresswoman cheney also made a point of calling out election dire nine republicans across the country any hinted that this is not the last you will hear from liz cheney. today as we meet here there are republican candidates for governor who deny the outcome of the 2020 election and who may refuse to certify future elections if they oppose the results. we have candidates for secretary of state who may refuse to report the actual results of the popular vote in future elections. no american should support election deniers for any position of general responsibility where their refusal t
her race because that is what years actually supposed to do when you lose an election. concede. our republic relies on the goodwill of all candidates for office to accept honorably the outcome of elections and tonight harriet hageman has received the most votes in this primary. she won. i called her to concede the race. this primary election is over but now the real work begins. [applause] congresswoman cheney also made a point of calling out election dire nine republicans across the country any hinted that this is not the last you will hear from liz cheney. today as we meet here there are republican candidates for governor who deny the outcome of the 2020 election and who may refuse to certify future
january six committee investigating trump and shining a light on his efforts to overturn the 2020 election. they both also voted to impeach the former president in january, 2021 for his role in the january 6th attack. only eight other republicans joined them while the rest of the party coalesced around donald trump. for all those reasons, the republican national committee formally censured cheney and kinzinger earlier this year. and tonight, both of them will be out of congress at the end of this year. in october of last year, congressman kissinger said he would not be seek election for a seat in illinois and tonight after an appeal primary battle to keep her congressional seat in wyoming, congresswoman liz cheney conceded with just 62% of the vote in. she had already lost too much ground tour challenger, a trump backed cheney credit harriet hageman. hageman has more than 63% of the current total vote total. cheney conceded. it is enough another rough