{"id":1584792,"date":"2022-08-02T11:46:54","date_gmt":"2022-08-02T15:46:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1584792"},"modified":"2022-08-02T11:47:01","modified_gmt":"2022-08-02T15:47:01","slug":"liz-cheney-touts-support-from-yellowstone-actor-kevin-costner-ahead-of-primary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/liz-cheney-touts-support-from-yellowstone-actor-kevin-costner-ahead-of-primary\/","title":{"rendered":"Liz Cheney Touts Support From \u2018Yellowstone\u2019 Actor Kevin Costner Ahead Of Primary"},"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\">24<\/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-touts-support-from-yellowstone-actor-kevin-costner-ahead-of-primary%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=1584792&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--><p>Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) tweeted an endorsement from \u201cYellowstone\u201d actor Kevin Costner on Monday ahead of her state\u2019s primary, where she faces a potential loss to a Trump-endorsed challenger.<\/p>\n<p>Cheney\u2019s post featured Costner in a T-shirt that read \u201cI\u2019m for Liz Cheney.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Real men put country over party. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7FaJpahtll\">pic.twitter.com\/7FaJpahtll<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Liz Cheney (@Liz_Cheney) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Liz_Cheney\/status\/1554204665763569664?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 1, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cReal men put country over party,\u201d Cheney added in the description above Costner\u2019s photograph.<\/p>\n<p>Costner stars in Paramount Network\u2019s \u201cYellowstone.\u201d\u00a0Despite the endorsement, the actor does not generally consider himself a Republican. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/kevin-costner-republican-yellowstone-star-backs-liz-cheney-wyoming-1729825\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">According to<\/a> a report by Newsweek, Costner previously endorsed former South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg when he ran for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2020 and later supported then-Democratic candidate Joe Biden in the general election.<\/p>\n<p>The endorsement marks one of the highest-profile names to back Cheney in recent weeks. Former President George W. Bush also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2021\/09\/22\/george-w-bush-to-fundraise-for-liz-cheney-as-trump-and-gop-rivals-target-her-seat-.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">endorsed<\/a> the congresswoman in her run for re-election.<\/p>\n<p>The featured image comes just two weeks ahead of the state\u2019s primary on August 16, which includes a strong challenger seeking to oust Cheney from office. Harriet Hageman, endorsed by former President Donald Trump, leads Cheney by more than 20%, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/trib.com\/news\/state-and-regional\/govt-and-politics\/the-poll-results-are-in-hageman-holds-commanding-lead-over-cheney\/article_1f33dfe0-02f1-11ed-8202-7befc0111031.html\">Star Tribune<\/a> poll released last month. Early voting has already started.<\/p>\n<p>A total of 52% of likely primary voters in the state said they supported Hageman, with just 30% showing support for Cheney, according to the Mason-Dixon Polling &#038; Strategy <a href=\"https:\/\/trib.com\/news\/state-and-regional\/govt-and-politics\/the-poll-results-are-in-hageman-holds-commanding-lead-over-cheney\/article_1f33dfe0-02f1-11ed-8202-7befc0111031.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">survey<\/a>\u00a0conducted on behalf of the Casper, Wyoming, Star Tribune.<\/p>\n<p>The poll, conducted July 7-11 among 1,100 likely voters, showed 11% undecided, with no other candidate reaching double digits in support. Republican state Sen. Anthony Bouchard, the next highest-ranking candidate, received 5% support.<\/p>\n<p>Cheney is one of ten House Republicans who voted to impeach former President Donald Trump following the Capitol riot on January 6, 2021. The Wyoming congresswoman has also served on the House\u2019s select committee to investigate the events of that day.<\/p>\n<p>The moves have made her unpopular among many conservative voters in her home state. Recently at the Frontier Days rodeo in Cheyenne, Wyoming, a CNN report revealed widespread concern among voters.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">CNN: &#8220;Here in Cheyenne, more than 1600 miles from Washington, almost everyone we spoke with told us they believe Liz Cheney is too focused on Donald Trump and the January 6th committee and not paying enough attention to what they believe matters to the people here in Wyoming.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fpV63S8Mln\">pic.twitter.com\/fpV63S8Mln<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mary Margaret Olohan (@MaryMargOlohan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MaryMargOlohan\/status\/1554080488142274561?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 1, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cAre you planning to vote for Liz Cheney?\u201d CNN\u2019s Randi Kaye asked Wyoming voter Sharon Tuggle, who responded, \u201cHell no.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe\u2019s done us dirty,\u201d Tuggle said, confirming to Kaye that Cheney lost her vote because of her part on the January 6th committee. \u201cLook at how she\u2019s done Trump.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Wyoming\u2019s state Republicans also censured Cheney following her vote to impeach Trump after January 6. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/andrewsolender\/2021\/02\/06\/wyoming-gop-calls-for-liz-cheney-to-resign-and-repay-donations-in-scorched-earth-censure\/?sh=6377a65c17ec\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">censure<\/a> called for her to \u201cimmediately resign,\u201d as well as to return donations made by the state\u2019s GOP to her 2020 campaign.<\/p>\n<p>During a CNN interview on \u201cState of the Union\u201d last month, Cheney seemed to recognize her days may be numbered as Wyoming\u2019s congresswoman.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am working hard here in Wyoming to earn every vote,\u201d Cheney <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2022\/07\/25\/politics\/liz-cheney-donald-trump-2022-election\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a>. \u201cBut I will also say this. I\u2019m not going to lie. I\u2019m not going to say things that aren\u2019t true about the election. My opponents are doing that, certainly simply for the purpose of getting elected.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Instead, Cheney focused on her work as a member of the January 6 committee, claiming it was \u201cthe single most important thing I have ever done professionally.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) tweeted an endorsement from \u201cYellowstone\u201d actor Kevin Costner on Monday ahead of her state\u2019s primary, where she faces a potential loss to a Trump-endorsed challenger. Cheney\u2019s post featured Costner in a T-shirt that read \u201cI\u2019m for Liz Cheney.\u201d Real men put country over party. pic.twitter.com\/7FaJpahtll \u2014 Liz Cheney (@Liz_Cheney) August 1, &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1584889,"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-1584792","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\/1584792","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1584792"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1584792\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1584889"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1584792"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1584792"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1584792"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}