{"id":1599123,"date":"2022-08-10T12:18:29","date_gmt":"2022-08-10T16:18:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1599123"},"modified":"2022-08-10T12:18:37","modified_gmt":"2022-08-10T16:18:37","slug":"two-house-democrats-ask-wyoming-dems-to-vote-for-liz-cheney-in-primary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/two-house-democrats-ask-wyoming-dems-to-vote-for-liz-cheney-in-primary\/","title":{"rendered":"Two House Democrats Ask Wyoming Dems To Vote For Liz Cheney In 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\">26<\/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%2Ftwo-house-democrats-ask-wyoming-dems-to-vote-for-liz-cheney-in-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=1599123&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>Two House <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/democratic-party\">Democrats<\/a> have asked <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/wyoming\">Wyoming<\/a> members of their party to temporarily switch parties to vote for Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) in next week\u2019s primary.<\/p>\n<p>Reps. Tom Malinowski (D-NJ) and Dean Phillips (D-MN) both appeared in online ads this week expressing their support for Cheney\u2019s re-election efforts.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLiz Cheney and I don\u2019t agree on everything,\u201d Malinowski <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ads\/library\/?id=1078613006118923\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> in a Facebook ad. \u201cBut we\u2019re on the same side today, fighting for a country where we settle our differences by voting, not violence.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWyoming Democrats can put country over party too by registering to vote for her in the Republican primary,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>The description of the ad noted, \u201cDemocratic Congressman Dean Phillips is sending a clear message to Trump by joining forces with Congresswoman Liz Cheney to end Trumpism.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Phillips offered a similar request for Wyoming\u2019s Democrat voters this week.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou might be a little surprised that I\u2019d be supporting Liz Cheney in her bid to continue representing Wyoming in the U.S. House, but principle must always come before politics, and nobody has shown more honor, integrity, and courage than she,\u201d Phillips <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ads\/library\/?id=446789130678859\">said<\/a> in an ad.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo I ask you to please consider temporarily switching parties and voting for Liz Cheney on or by August 16th,\u201d Phillips asked Wyoming Democrats.<\/p>\n<p>The strategy seeks to keep Cheney in power as she faces tough competition from Republican candidate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/trump-endorses-republican-to-run-against-rep-liz-cheney-in-wyoming\">Harriet Hageman<\/a> who has been endorsed by former President Donald Trump. The congresswoman has also faced strong opposition from her own party in Wyoming over her vote to impeach Trump after January 6, 2021, and her involvement in the House Select Committee to investigate the events of that day.<\/p>\n<p>The group Wyomingites Defending Freedom and Democracy has promoted both ads on Facebook.<\/p>\n<p>The spots come just days before Wyoming\u2019s primary vote on August 16, as Cheney makes last-minute moves to remain on November\u2019s ballot for the midterms.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, Cheney also tweeted an endorsement from \u201cYellowstone\u201d actor Kevin Costner. The 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>According to\u00a0a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/kevin-costner-republican-yellowstone-star-backs-liz-cheney-wyoming-1729825\">report<\/a> 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>Cheney also released a video ad on Twitter last week from former Vice President Dick Cheney.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn our nation\u2019s 246-year history there has never been an individual who is a greater threat to our Republic than Donald Trump,\u201d he claimed in the ad. \u201cHe tried to steal the last election using lies and violence to keep himself in power after the voters had rejected him. He is a coward. A real man wouldn\u2019t lie to his supporters. He lost his election, and he lost big.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u201cIn our nation\u2019s 246 year history there has never been an individual who is a greater threat to our Republic than Donald Trump.\u201d Dick Cheney <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/erBPBNy8ah\">pic.twitter.com\/erBPBNy8ah<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Liz Cheney (@Liz_Cheney) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Liz_Cheney\/status\/1555270027871338496?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 4, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The New York Times reported in June that Cheney\u2019s campaign sent a mailer to Wyoming Democrats that included instructions on how to change their party affiliation to vote for her in the primary election.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">NEW NEWS: Liz Cheney is sending mail to Wyoming Democrats with instructions on how to switch parties to vote for her in the state&#8217;s August primary. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wR5asnnkGR\">https:\/\/t.co\/wR5asnnkGR<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/imnhKYccrL\">pic.twitter.com\/imnhKYccrL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Reid J. Epstein (@reidepstein) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/reidepstein\/status\/1540042726170935303?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 23, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The mailing included answers to the questions \u201cHow do I change my party affiliation to register as a Republican so I can vote for Liz?\u201d and \u201cHow can I get an absentee ballot and when does it need to be returned?\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two House Democrats have asked Wyoming members of their party to temporarily switch parties to vote for Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) in next week\u2019s primary. Reps. Tom Malinowski (D-NJ) and Dean Phillips (D-MN) both appeared in online ads this week expressing their support for Cheney\u2019s re-election efforts. \u201cLiz Cheney and I don\u2019t agree on everything,\u201d &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1599252,"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-1599123","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\/1599123","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=1599123"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1599123\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1599252"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1599123"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1599123"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1599123"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}