{"id":1423644,"date":"2022-04-07T11:45:15","date_gmt":"2022-04-07T15:45:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1423644"},"modified":"2022-04-07T11:45:18","modified_gmt":"2022-04-07T15:45:18","slug":"mitch-mcconnell-donates-to-liz-cheney-joining-gop-proxy-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mitch-mcconnell-donates-to-liz-cheney-joining-gop-proxy-war\/","title":{"rendered":"Mitch McConnell\u00a0Donates to Liz Cheney, Joining GOP Proxy War"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/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%2Fmitch-mcconnell-donates-to-liz-cheney-joining-gop-proxy-war%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=1423644&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><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">The ringleader of the establishment Republicans, Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY), announced on Thursday a donation to Democrat ally Rep. Liz Cheney\u2019s (R-WY) reelection campaign.<\/p>\n<p>Cheney, who is no longer\u00a0<a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/11\/15\/wyoming-republican-party-votes-liz-cheney-no-longer-recognized-as-republican\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">recognized<\/a>\u00a0as a Republican by the Wyoming GOP, has\u00a0<a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/alaynatreene\/status\/1512051566823579651?s=20&#038;t=6RJanCZe8lzOZjKH5-G3kQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">received<\/a>\u00a0a campaign contribution from the Senate GOP leader, McConnell told Axios. When asked if he will hold a fundraiser or other campaign event with Cheney, McConnell redirected the conversation back to his lane of Senate business.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>McConnell and Cheney apparently believe the Wyoming member may lose her seat to Trump-endorsed Harriet Hageman, a strong threat to the establishment Republican order in Washington, DC. With Hageman catching momentum heading into the August 16 GOP primary, former President George Bush has also\u00a0<a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/midterm-election\/2022\/02\/01\/report-george-bush-donates-to-fellow-neocon-liz-cheney-opponent-of-trump-endorsed-harriet-hageman\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">donated<\/a>\u00a0the legal maximum amount to Cheney. McConnell and Bush are joined in their support of Cheney by failed presidential candidate Mitt Romney (R-UT). In March, Romney\u00a0<a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?client=internal-element-cse&#038;cx=partner-pub-9229289037503472:6795176714&#038;q=https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/midterm-election\/2022\/03\/15\/mitt-romney-lies-about-supporting-gop-primary-candidates\/&#038;sa=U&#038;ved=2ahUKEwjN2cm7jIL3AhU7l3IEHe22B8wQFnoECAMQAg&#038;usg=AOvVaw0jmFbn7Kh5qa4oj8arAEmC\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">delivered<\/a>\u00a0a speech at a closed fundraiser for the embattled Cheney.<\/p>\n<p>The Wyoming race has become a proxy war between the establishment and conservative Republicans.\u00a0Hageman has earned the support of House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA).\u00a0Party leaders typically rarely endorse against sitting members of Congress. But after Cheney\u00a0deserted\u00a0the Republican party by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/01\/06\/dick-liz-cheney-join-democrats-january-6-capitol-festivities\/\">allying<\/a>\u00a0herself with Nancy Pelosi\u2019s January 6 committee and reportedly \u201corchestrated unprecedented\u201d Republican\u00a0<a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/05\/07\/report-liz-cheney-orchestrated-gop-sabotage-wapo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sabotage<\/a>, McCarthy presumably believed Cheney must be ousted from her seat.<\/p>\n<p>McCarthy\u2019s support of Hageman <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/03\/24\/kevin-mccarthy-to-host-huge-fundraiser-for-liz-cheneys-opponent-harriet-hageman\/\">came<\/a> with a massive fundraiser with powerful MAGA heavy hitters.\u00a0Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY), Reps. Jim Jordan (R-OH), Jim Banks (R-IN), Elise Stefanik (R-NY), and South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem (R), among others, co-hosted the fundraising event. \u201cNeedless to say, the number of sitting House Republicans who are lining up against Cheney is quite stunning,\u201d\u00a0 Punchbowl News\u00a0noted.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Hageman has also earned the endorsement of Donald Trump\u00a0and Republican megadonor Peter Thiel, who reportedly\u00a0<a class=\"editor-rtfLink x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/politicoalex\/status\/1486497255624429571?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">dubbed<\/a>\u00a0Cheney the \u201cringleader\u201d of the \u201ctreasonous ten\u201d in reference to those Republicans who attempted to impeach Trump.<\/p>\n<p>Cheney\u2019s opposition in Wyoming says their member actually <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/02\/09\/im-not-going-to-convince-the-crazies-liz-cheney-dismisses-wyoming-gop-voters\/\">lives<\/a> in Washington, DC, and seldom visits her home state.\u00a0\u201cCheney hasn\u2019t appeared at a state Republican Party function in more than two years and hasn\u2019t been to an in-person event for any of the party\u2019s 23 county chapters since 2020,\u201d the <em>New York\u00a0Times<\/em>\u00a0reported. When she does appear in the state, she <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/03\/14\/wyoming-voters-have-pay-audience-liz-cheney\/\">charges<\/a> voters to attend the event.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-axufdj evys1bk0\">Cheney\u2019s absence from Wyoming voters lines up with what Hageman has\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/01\/23\/liz-cheney-loses-wyoming-straw-poll-trump-backed-harriet-hageman\/\">told<\/a>\u00a0Breitbart News. \u201cLiz Cheney has lost Wyoming. Liz Cheney doesn\u2019t live in Wyoming. She doesn\u2019t represent us,\u201d Hageman said. \u201cShe doesn\u2019t represent our values.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-axufdj evys1bk0\">Cheney has defended herself by accusing her opposition of being unworthy of her time.\u00a0\u201cI\u2019m not going to convince the crazies and I reject the crazies,\u201d Cheney\u00a0stated\u00a0about Wyoming voters.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Follow Wendell Huseb\u00f8 on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WendellHusebo?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor\">Twitter<\/a>\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><strong>and\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/gettr.com\/user\/wendellhusebo\">Gettr<\/a>\u00a0@WendellHuseb\u00f8<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The ringleader of the establishment Republicans, Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY), announced on Thursday a donation to Democrat ally Rep. Liz Cheney\u2019s (R-WY) reelection campaign. Cheney, who is no longer\u00a0recognized\u00a0as a<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1423644","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1423644","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1423644"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1423644\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1423644"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1423644"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1423644"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}