| | '''Elizabeth Lynne “Liz” Cheney''' (born July 28, 1966)<ref name="Curr Bio">{{cite book|title=Current Biography Yearbook 2010|year=2010|publisher=H.W. Wilson|location=Ipswich, MA|isbn=9780824211134|pages=103–107|chapter=Cheney, Liz}}</ref> is the outgoing At-Large representative of [[Wyoming]], who unsuccessfully relied heavily on donations by [[California]] and other out-of-state [[liberals]].<ref>Ms. Cheney’s biggest financial support has come from California, $428,000; Virginia, $351,000; and New York, $300,000, followed by Florida, $291,000; Texas, $222,000; and the District of Columbia, $191,000. [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2022/feb/3/liz-cheney-boosted-dem-donors-huge-campaign-cash-h/]</ref> Called the "Wicked Witch of the West" after the frightful villain in the ''[[Wizard of Oz]]'', Cheney spent most of 2022 trying to get [[Donald Trump]] prosecuted for non-existent crimes. | | '''Elizabeth Lynne “Liz” Cheney''' (born July 28, 1966)<ref name="Curr Bio">{{cite book|title=Current Biography Yearbook 2010|year=2010|publisher=H.W. Wilson|location=Ipswich, MA|isbn=9780824211134|pages=103–107|chapter=Cheney, Liz}}</ref> is the outgoing At-Large representative of [[Wyoming]], who unsuccessfully relied heavily on donations by [[California]] and other out-of-state [[liberals]].<ref>Ms. Cheney’s biggest financial support has come from California, $428,000; Virginia, $351,000; and New York, $300,000, followed by Florida, $291,000; Texas, $222,000; and the District of Columbia, $191,000. [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2022/feb/3/liz-cheney-boosted-dem-donors-huge-campaign-cash-h/]</ref> Called the "Wicked Witch of the West" after the frightful villain in the ''[[Wizard of Oz]]'', Cheney spent most of 2022 trying to get [[Donald Trump]] prosecuted for non-existent crimes. |
| − | '''''Cheney was defeated in a landslide humiliation of 66-29% in her own primary on August 16, 2022'''''.<ref>https://ballotpedia.org/Liz_Cheney</ref> The following month this sore loser announced that she would campaign for [[Democrat]]s against some [[Republican]]s, which she then did but she was so politically toxic that this boosted the pro-[[Trump]] candidacies of [[Kari Lake]] and others. | + | '''''Cheney was defeated in a landslide humiliation of 66-29% in her own primary on August 16, 2022'''''.<ref>https://ballotpedia.org/Liz_Cheney</ref> In 2023, the [[Wyoming]] legislature humiliated Cheney further by enacting two bills that rebuked and prohibited tactics of her campaign: one to prohibit how she sent out unsolicited absentee ballots, and the other to prohibit crossover voting in its primaries as Cheney unsuccessfully sought to attract[[Dem]] votes.<ref>https://cowboystatedaily.com/2023/03/07/the-ghost-of-liz-cheney-legislature-passed-two-bills-in-reaction-to-cheneys-failed-campaign/</ref> |
| | Cheney obtained an appointment by Democrat [[Speaker Nancy Pelosi]] to the [[partisan]] [[Pelosi Panel]] witchhunt investigating the [[2021 Capitol protests|January 6 Capitol protests]] after a bi-partisan panel had been voted down. Originally elected as a [[Republican]], on May 12, 2021, Cheney was removed from her leadership position within the House [[GOP]] conference. The Republican Party of Wyoming voted in November 2021 to no longer recognize her as a Republican due to her persistent unjustified ranting against [[Donald Trump]] and his supporters.<ref>https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/Cheney-Wyoming/2021/11/15/id/1044747/</ref> Cheney lost to her [[Trump]]-endorsed rival Harriet Hageman on Jan. 22, 2022 by a vote of 59-6 among [[GOP]] leaders in [[Wyoming]].<ref>https://trib.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/harriet-hageman-wins-big-in-congressional-straw-poll-held-by-wyoming-gop-activists/article_5ee6224a-5705-5250-b6a3-f41510ed9bce.html</ref> Liz Cheney is the [[neoconservative]] daughter of former Vice President [[Dick Cheney]]. | | Cheney obtained an appointment by Democrat [[Speaker Nancy Pelosi]] to the [[partisan]] [[Pelosi Panel]] witchhunt investigating the [[2021 Capitol protests|January 6 Capitol protests]] after a bi-partisan panel had been voted down. Originally elected as a [[Republican]], on May 12, 2021, Cheney was removed from her leadership position within the House [[GOP]] conference. The Republican Party of Wyoming voted in November 2021 to no longer recognize her as a Republican due to her persistent unjustified ranting against [[Donald Trump]] and his supporters.<ref>https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/Cheney-Wyoming/2021/11/15/id/1044747/</ref> Cheney lost to her [[Trump]]-endorsed rival Harriet Hageman on Jan. 22, 2022 by a vote of 59-6 among [[GOP]] leaders in [[Wyoming]].<ref>https://trib.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/harriet-hageman-wins-big-in-congressional-straw-poll-held-by-wyoming-gop-activists/article_5ee6224a-5705-5250-b6a3-f41510ed9bce.html</ref> Liz Cheney is the [[neoconservative]] daughter of former Vice President [[Dick Cheney]]. |