With Cheney’s Ouster, Most GOP Trump Impeachment Backers Will Be Out of Congress in 2023
CHEYENNE, Wyo.—Three-term Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) on Aug. 116 became the eighth Republican who voted for Donald Trump’s impeachment to either retire or be defeated by party rivals endorsed by the former president.
Cheney, one of Trump’s most vociferous critics, was defeated in Wyoming’s Aug. 16 Republican primary for the state’s lone congressional seat by Harriet Hageman, a Cheyenne natural resources attorney.
Hageman thanked Trump for his “support, encouragement, and guidance” since she launched her campaign last September. He staged a rally in Casper in May on her behalf.
“I’m obviously grateful” for Trump’s endorsement, Hageman told a cheering crowd at Cheyenne’s Frontier Days rodeo complex. The former president’s nod is “what propelled us to where we are today,” she said….