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'''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 At-Large representative of [[Wyoming]], who relies 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 has spent most of 2022 trying to get [[Donald Trump]] prosecuted for non-existent crimes.
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'''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 relies 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 has spent most of 2022 trying to get [[Donald Trump]] prosecuted for non-existent crimes.
    
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]].   
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Married to an attorney who is a partner at a wealthy [[liberal]] [[D.C.]] law firm, Cheney has served in the State Department as a senior Middle East advisor.  A [[neoconservative]] and [[RINO]], Cheney has attacked and opposed [[President Trump]] and many prominent [[conservatives]] using [[lamestream media]] agitprop to appease the D.C. [[establishment]]. After her election to Congress, she served as the chair of the House Republican Conference, but many prominent House Republicans and [[Wyoming]] constituents called on her to resign after her disgraceful siding with [[Dems]] in their unjustified second [[impeachment and removal|impeachment]] of President [[Donald Trump|Trump]].  She even "quietly orchestrated a Washington Post op-ed by 10 living former defense secretaries cautioning that then-President Trump might attempt to politicize the military."<ref>https://nypost.com/2021/05/07/pal-says-liz-cheney-planned-anti-trump-op-ed-by-10-defense-secretaries/</ref> As a result, she was removed from her leadership post by House Republicans in May 2021.<ref>https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/matt-margolis/2021/05/12/breaking-liz-cheney-ousted-from-gop-leadership-n1446271</ref>
 
Married to an attorney who is a partner at a wealthy [[liberal]] [[D.C.]] law firm, Cheney has served in the State Department as a senior Middle East advisor.  A [[neoconservative]] and [[RINO]], Cheney has attacked and opposed [[President Trump]] and many prominent [[conservatives]] using [[lamestream media]] agitprop to appease the D.C. [[establishment]]. After her election to Congress, she served as the chair of the House Republican Conference, but many prominent House Republicans and [[Wyoming]] constituents called on her to resign after her disgraceful siding with [[Dems]] in their unjustified second [[impeachment and removal|impeachment]] of President [[Donald Trump|Trump]].  She even "quietly orchestrated a Washington Post op-ed by 10 living former defense secretaries cautioning that then-President Trump might attempt to politicize the military."<ref>https://nypost.com/2021/05/07/pal-says-liz-cheney-planned-anti-trump-op-ed-by-10-defense-secretaries/</ref> As a result, she was removed from her leadership post by House Republicans in May 2021.<ref>https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/matt-margolis/2021/05/12/breaking-liz-cheney-ousted-from-gop-leadership-n1446271</ref>
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Capping more than a year of estrangement from conservatives and general failure, Cheney lost the GOP primary election to Hageman on August 16, 2022. Hageman's margin of victory over Cheney was nearly 40 points, one of the worst defeats for an incumbent politician in American history.<ref>[https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/harriet-hageman-sees-her-landslide-victory-over-liz-cheney-in-wyoming-as-beacon-for-the-nation-we-re-fed-up/ar-AA10M9BT?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=72c3853ea8c84b028d1758e61f869223 Harriet Hageman Sees Her Landslide Victory Over Liz Cheney In Wyoming As Beacon For The Nation: 'We're Fed Up']. Fox News, August 17, 2022.</ref>
    
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