U.S. House Republican Conference Chairwoman Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.).
On Saturday (Feb. 6), the Wyoming Republican Party formally censured Liz Cheney, the state’s U.S. Representative and chair of the House Republican Conference, and demanded that she resign over her vote to impeach former President Trump.
As the No. 3 Republican in the House, Cheney led nine other Republicans in voting for a second House bill to impeach Trump, citing the Jan. 6 incident in Congress, which sparked fierce opposition within the Republican Party and plunged Cheney himself into an unprecedented political crisis.
The Wyoming Republican Party voted on Saturday to pass the censure resolution, and although it was evaluated as more “symbolic” by some left media, it is clear that Cheney’s future political Life may come to an end. With her current approval rating, it’s hard to imagine her winning another seat in Congress in the 2022 midterm elections.
After the federal House of Representatives voted largely along party lines to pass a resolution to impeach Trump on Jan. 13, the central committee members of the Republican Party of Carbone County, Wyoming, where Cheney’s district is located, unanimously passed a resolution on Jan. 16 condemning Cheney for failing her constituents and neglecting her duties as a local representative.
Recent polls show that Cheney’s support for re-election in 2022 has fallen to 13 percent, and it will be difficult for her to win again in Wyoming, where Republican support exceeds 64 percent, and her political life could end in the coming year’s midterm elections.
After Cheney’s Home state took action, some Republicans in the House of Representatives also launched a campaign to remove Cheney from the Republican leadership. While she ultimately retained her position as chair of the House Republican Conference last Wednesday, the latest resolution in her state clearly poses another round of threats to her political reputation.
In Saturday’s vote, the Wyoming Republican Central Committee overwhelmingly approved the censure resolution, with only eight of the 74 committee members voting against it.
The resolution calls for Cheney’s “immediate resignation,” allows the state Republican Party to nominate her replacement and requires Cheney to return contributions made by the party to her 2020 campaign, according to a copy published by Forbes, a U.S. business magazine.
The resolution also vigorously defends Trump’s actions on Jan. 6, noting that Trump never called for a violent response to his political opponents and that there is ample evidence that far-left groups Antifa and Black Lives Matter ( BLM) incited the congressional riots.
However, Cheney reiterated in an interview with Fox News on Sunday morning that she does not intend to resign from Congress, despite harsh condemnation from Republicans in her state.
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