CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — The U.S. Capitol insurrection dominated Thursday’s debate in Wyoming among U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney and her four Republican primary challengers, with Cheney pressing her Donald Trump-backed opponent on whether she agreed with the former president’s claim that widespread fraud cost him re-election.
Republicans, Harriet Hageman said, are being punished for ‘exercising their First Amendment rights.’ Cheney pounced on Hageman’s remark as suggesting the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection was justified.
That opponent, Harriet Hageman, said there were “serious concerns” about the 2020 election, but stopped short of repeating Trump’s false claim that drove thousands of his supporters to storm the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
Even so, Hageman was dismissive of the U.S. House commission vice chaired by Cheney that has been investigating the insurrection and events leading up to it.
“They’re focusing on something that happened 18 months ago. They’re not focused on things that are important to the people of Wyoming,” said Hageman, a Cheyenne ranching and natural-resources lawyer.
Republicans, Hageman said, were being punished for “exercising their First Amendment rights.” She didn’t specify which Republicans were being punished or why, but Cheney pounced on Hageman’s remark as suggesting the insurrection was justified.
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