Vice Chair U.S. Representative Liz Cheney (R-WY) speaks during a public hearing of the U.S. House Select Committee to investigate the January 6 Attack on the U.S. Capitol, on Capitol Hill, in Washington, U.S., July 21, 2022.
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Rep. Liz Cheney, former President Donald Trump’s highest-profile Republican critic and a leading figure in the investigation of his role in the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, will lose her Wyoming primary race, NBC News projected.
The outcome of the primary for Wyoming’s sole House seat was widely expected, as recent polls showed Cheney trailing her top rival, Harriet Hageman, by double-digit margins. Hageman was projected to win the GOP primary by NBC News.
In a concession speech Tuesday evening, Cheney attributed her loss directly to her opposition to Trump.
“Two years ago, I won this primary with 73% of the vote. I could easily have done the same again,” Cheney said.
“The path was clear. But it would have required that I go along with President Trump’s lie about the 2020 election. It would have required that I enable his ongoing efforts to unravel our democratic system and attack the foundations of our republic,” she said. “That is a path I could not and would not take.”
Cheney, whose next steps have been a topic of much speculation among political watchers, also hinted that she will continue to combat Trump’s falsehoods about the election.
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