{"id":1375941,"date":"2022-03-14T13:14:13","date_gmt":"2022-03-14T17:14:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1375941"},"modified":"2022-03-14T13:23:32","modified_gmt":"2022-03-14T17:23:32","slug":"liz-cheney-has-single-handedly-destroyed-dick-cheneys-reputation-in-wyoming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/liz-cheney-has-single-handedly-destroyed-dick-cheneys-reputation-in-wyoming\/","title":{"rendered":"Liz Cheney Has Single-Handedly Destroyed Dick Cheney\u2019s Reputation In Wyoming"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fliz-cheney-has-single-handedly-destroyed-dick-cheneys-reputation-in-wyoming%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1375941&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Dick-Cheney-e1647273671553.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>In a desperate bid to save her seat, Wyoming Republican Rep. Liz Cheney is now <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2022\/03\/14\/liz-cheney-democrats-wyoming-00016905\">courting<\/a> the same voters who once <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jhnewsandguide.com\/news\/top_stories\/protesters-challenge-vice-president-war-in-iraq\/article_a686a5ee-6bdd-51af-abd1-73ad437d0cc2.html\">dragged<\/a> a statue of her father through the streets of Jackson before toppling it 15 years ago.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWithout an aggressive campaign strategy to win over Democrats, it might seem like a tough sell,\u201d Politico reported from Wyoming on Monday. \u201c\u2026But some Democratic voters in Jackson are embracing her. They appreciate Cheney\u2019s work in Congress prosecuting Trump and they\u2019re ready to switch parties to vote for her.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>The crusade to allow Democrats to hijack the statewide Republican primary in favor of a Cheney signals a sharp turn in the family\u2019s reputation from when Liz Cheney\u2019s vice president father represented Wyoming\u2019s conservative voters in the House for 10 years. After enjoying decades of political popularity in the state and cultivating a family legacy, the Cheney dynasty appears poised to end as the incumbent at-large congresswoman turns to Wyoming\u2019s liberal voters in the northwest to send her back to Washington for a fourth term.<\/p>\n<p>According to a snapshot of the latest polling in the pivotal primary revealed by Axios\u2019s Jonathan Swan, less than 2 in 5 GOP Wyoming voters reported a favorable opinion of former Vice President Dick Cheney. Nearly half, 48 percent, viewed Dick Cheney unfavorably. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"tlYQXzPu7Esew0vJKNGbURfh5WCOdxZTma69VI481Bg3yFS2injALMHcoDrq\"><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Exhibit 4,000 on how profoundly the GOP has changed \/ is changing: slide from a Dec. poll of Wyoming GOP primary voters by Tony Fabrizio, for Hageman\u2019s super-PAC. <\/p>\n<p>*Dick* Cheney is underwater! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/RZHSH1NAX1\">pic.twitter.com\/RZHSH1NAX1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jonathan Swan (@jonathanvswan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jonathanvswan\/status\/1503368525095870466?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 14, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Other recent polling has shown Liz Cheney herself underwater among constituents who voted for President Donald Trump in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2020\/11\/03\/us\/elections\/results-president.html\">widest margin<\/a> of any state in the nation a year and a half ago. <\/p>\n<p>Out of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/thefdrlst.wpengine.com\/2021\/07\/30\/new-wyoming-poll-shows-more-trouble-for-liz-cheney\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">three surveys<\/a>\u00a0conducted in the aftermath of the 2020 election, Cheney failed to garner more than 29 percent support among likely primary voters.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Cheney has remained largely absent from the state she represents as Trump-endorsed primary challenger Harriet Hageman builds grassroots support and earns endorsements from House leadership, which is rare for incumbent challengers. Last month, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/02\/17\/exclusive-gop-leader-kevin-mccarthy-endorses-top-cheney-opponent-harriet-hageman-in-wyoming\/\">announced<\/a> that Hageman had the full encouragement of the GOP\u2019s top brass on her crusade to oust the current congresswoman, who has <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/03\/10\/j6-committee-seeks-to-criminalize-republican-fundraising\/\">undermined Democratic norms<\/a> by <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/01\/12\/liz-cheney-is-using-the-jan-6-committee-to-persecute-an-activist-running-a-super-pac-to-unseat-her\/\">weaponizing<\/a> the lower chamber against political dissidents.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter spending time with Harriet, it is readily apparent she will always listen and prioritize the needs of her local communities and is focused on tackling our nation\u2019s biggest problems,\u201d McCarthy told The Federalist in February. \u201cI look forward to serving with Harriet for years to come.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Just days prior to McCarthy\u2019s primary endorsement, Cheney snubbed constituents by meeting with reporters and media executives over party activists, who are growing sour on their congresswoman as she <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/02\/09\/liz-cheney-snubs-voters-to-mingle-with-reporters-instead-calling-constituents-crazies\/\">calls them<\/a> \u201ccrazies\u201d in The New York Times. <\/p>\n<p>In November, the Wyoming GOP\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2021\/11\/16\/wyoming-gop-no-longer-recognizes-liz-cheney-as-a-republican\/\">voted<\/a>\u00a0no longer to recognize Cheney as a Republican. The Republican National Committee censured her for \u201cparticipating in a Democrat-led persecution of ordinary citizens engaged in <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/02\/12\/leftist-media-falsely-frames-rncs-defense-of-jan-6-free-speech-as-a-defense-of-rioting\/\">legitimate political discourse<\/a>\u201d by leading the Select Committee on Jan. 6.<\/p>\n<p>While Wyoming visits were rare even before Cheney made feuding with the former Republican president a hallmark of her congressional legacy post-Jan. 6, 2021, her presence in the state has now become nearly nonexistent.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe has shunned town halls and other voter forums in Wyoming\u2019s overwhelmingly red counties in favor of controlled events,\u201d Politico reported, noting that she has an upcoming event next week that will feature \u201cpre-selected questions\u201d answered to an audience of paid ticket holders. <\/p>\n<p>Rebecca Bextel, a 41-year-old Trump supporter who is planning to attend, told the paper that the cost to see her representative is \u201ca slap in the face.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have one person representing us,\u201d Bextel said, \u201cand she shows up in town and it costs $10 to see her. It\u2019s embarrassing.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n<p>\n  Tristan Justice is the western correspondent for The Federalist. He has also written for The Washington Examiner and The Daily Signal. His work has also been featured in Real Clear Politics and Fox News. Tristan graduated from George Washington University where he majored in political science and minored in journalism. Follow him on Twitter at @JusticeTristan or contact him at Tristan@thefederalist.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a desperate bid to save her seat, Wyoming Republican Rep. 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