Former United States President Donald Trump now plans to oust Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney by expressing his support of Harriet Hageman in the primary elections after a series of defeats in other states.
At the Ford Wyoming Center in Casper, Trump spoke for over 90 minutes to raise support for his hand-picked candidate. The Republican businessman called the primary in the state to be the "most important election" of 2022. This comes after the former president's endorsements in Nebraska, Idaho, Georgia, and North Carolina, loss.
Trump's Plan To Oust Cheney
Despite the open support from the former president, it was unclear how much the event benefited Hageman. The parking lot of the area was filled with license plates from Idaho, South Dakota, Montana, Colorado, and Utah.
On the security lines and in the hall, fans costumed in red ties, bedazzled "Make America Great Again" (MAGA) dresses, and at least one Trump-inspired catsuit. Supporters traded notes on how many Trump rallies they have already attended across the country, as per Politico.
One of the attendees of Trump's Wyoming rally was Dee Lubeck who traveled roughly 275 miles across the state to see the former president. The 71-year-old voter, who has been a life-long Republican, resides in the small town of Pinedale and noted that he had no intention of backing Cheney, who is the state's lone member of Congress.
Lubeck said that his vote was for Hageman, "even if I gotta crawl to do it," he said, pointing to his walking cane beside him. In a statement, he said that he did not want to spit in front of the interviewer but noted that is what he does when he hears the name "Liz."
According to Business Insider, Republicans in the state are going to have to make a choice in the August primary. They will have to either vote to keep the incumbent, a vocal Trump critic who hails from a political dynasty or replace her with Hageman, an attorney loyal to the Republican businessman who still wields considerable power in Republican politics.
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Cheney's decision to criticize the former president for his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot has provoked the ire of MAGA loyalists. Her actions and words have put her at political risk in a state that overwhelmingly voted for Trump in 2020.
During the Saturday rally, the mere mention of Cheney's name provoked scoffing, head-shaking, and widespread disapproval among dedicated Trump supporters. Attendees of the rally waited for several hours in a line that snaked through the parking lot of the Ford Wyoming Center due to their excitement of the former president's first-ever appearance in the state.
Cheney and her family have never lost an election in Wyoming since her father's first victory more than four decades ago. At the time when former President George W. Bush picked Dick Cheney as his running mate, the Republican ticket won by roughly 40 points, two times.
During the rally, Trump looped together what he called the "failed foreign policy of the Clintons, Bushes, the Obamas, and the Bidens." When a photo mash-up of the congresswoman's body and former president Bush appeared on the Ford Wyoming Center's highest screen, attendees burst into laughter, the Washington Post reported.
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