Liz Cheney Chooses Her Own Path, and Itâs a Perilous One
She fended off a challenge to her leadership role in the House G.O.P. in Washington, but pro-Trump forces there and in her home state of Wyoming still view her opposition to the former president as a betrayal.
People protested Representative Liz Cheney at a rally in Cheyenne, Wyo., last week.Credit.Daniel Brenner for The New York Times
Published Feb. 3, 2021Updated Feb. 7, 2021
CHEYENNE, Wyo. â Liz Cheney was getting so many questions from constituents and colleagues about whether she would vote to affirm the 2020 election results that she responded in a way befitting her background as a State Department diplomat and lawyer: She issued a 21-page memo detailing the constitutional and legal reasons Congress should not interfere with certification.
Rep. Liz Cheney s vote to impeach Trump prompts Wyo. voter rebellion
Robert Samuels, The Washington Post
Feb. 2, 2021
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1of9Hundreds attend a rally outside the Wyoming Capitol in Cheyenne on Thursday to criticize Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., for her vote to impeach Trump.Photo by Chet Strange for The Washington Post.Show MoreShow Less
2of9At the rally outside the Wyoming Capitol, Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., called for Cheney s constituents to vote her out of office.Photo by Chet Strange for The Washington Post.Show MoreShow Less
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4of9A counterprotester shows support for Liz Cheney.Photo by Chet Strange for The Washington Post.Show MoreShow Less
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A former Wyoming State Representative and long-time Republican party activist is speaking out in favor of her former boss, Rep. Liz. Cheney.
Amy Edmonds served three terms in the Wyoming House of Representatives, and also served on Rep. Cheney s staff a few years ago. She has long been active in Republican party politics in Wyoming.
She called into Glenn Woods on the Wakeup Wyoming program on Townsquare Media of Wyoming stations on Monday morning to speak up for Rep. Cheney, who has come under heavy fire recently for voting in favor of impeaching then-President Donald Trump.
Cheney was the subject of a large rally in Cheyenne last week, attended by several hundred people. In that rally, Florida Congressman Matt Gaetz told the crowd Cheney was a carpetbagger from Virginia who is out of touch with Wyoming and a Washington insider, among other things. Many in the crowd displayed signs calling for Cheney s removal from congress. and the crowd at one point joined in a
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