CHEYENNE — The Wyoming Republican Party’s central committee voted Saturday to censure U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., for her recent vote to impeach President Donald Trump.
The vote to approve a resolution to censure Cheney came in the weeks after the congresswoman voted to impeach Trump for his role in inciting the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol. Cheney joined nine other Republicans in Congress who voted to impeach the now-former president Jan. 13, making Trump the only president to be impeached twice.
The party’s vote, which came after GOP committees from more than half of Wyoming’s 23 counties had already approved similar resolutions, was confirmed to the WTE by Laramie County GOP Chair Dani Olsen. Due to inclement weather that caused road closures along much of Interstate 80 this weekend, Olsen and the county’s other two delegates were not able to attend or send a proxy vote to the meeting in Rawlins.
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The resolution approved Saturday, a copy of which was provided to the WTE, calls on Cheney to “immediately resign,” stating she “has violated the trust of her voters, failed to faithfully represent a very large majority of motivated Wyoming voters, and neglected her duty to represent the party and the will of the people who elected her to represent them.”
The resolution also indicates the Wyoming GOP will withhold any further political funding for Cheney, though it is unclear whether the party has never (sic) given her any campaign funds. And it falsely asserts that the U.S. Capitol riot was “instigated by Antifa and (Black Lives Matter) radicals.”
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Carbon County GOP Chairman Joey Correnti, whose county committee already approved a censure resolution in mid-January, said the estimated 57-9 vote Saturday was the proper step “based on the overwhelming will of the people that we’ve been dealing with since this has happened.”
“(Impeachment) was not a question of a regular floor vote, which I don’t expect her to poll every Wyoming Republican on every time she’s got to go to the floor of the House to vote,” Correnti said in an interview after the meeting. “This was a known question that already had a poll done on Nov. 3, and the voters in Wyoming resoundingly supported President Trump.
“Up until I see some true evidence that support any of the accusations in the articles of impeachment, I will not only consider the impeachment a complete sham, but I will hold my representative accountable for not looking for actual evidence to support the charges that they put forth to the Senate,” he added.
In a statement Saturday in response to the vote, Cheney defended her decision, saying she “will always fight for the issues that matter most to our state.”
“Foremost among these is the defense of our Constitution and the freedoms it guarantees,” Cheney said. “My vote to impeach was compelled by the oath I swore to the Constitution. Wyoming citizens know that this oath does not bend or yield to politics or partisanship.
“I will always fight for Wyoming values and stand up for our Western way of life,” Cheney continued in a prepared statement. “We have great challenges ahead of us as we move forward and combat the disastrous policies of the Biden Administration. I look forward to continuing to work with officials and citizens across Wyoming to be the most effective voice and advocate in defense of our families, industries and communities.”
Cheney, who was not present for the meeting in Rawlins, had already drawn sharp criticism from some Wyomingites, as several hundred protesters — and a handful of supporters — gathered at the Wyoming State Capitol in late January to express their frustrations. The rally was headlined by U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., who called on Cheney to step down from her third-ranking position in House GOP leadership. However, Cheney easily survived an attempt last week to remove her from the leadership position, with more than two-thirds of House GOP members voting to keep her on.
Cheney’s impeachment vote has already drawn some to begin weighing primary challenges in 2022 against the congresswoman, who was elected to her third two-year term last November. State Sen. Anthony Bouchard, R-Cheyenne, who announced his 2022 bid against Cheney last month, took to social media to criticize her Saturday, stating the censure vote “illustrates that Liz Cheney is hopelessly out of touch with Wyoming, Trump’s best state TWICE.”
“Maybe Liz should run inside the DC Beltway in VA, where she lives full-time, because she’s never here and has no clue how we think. And doesn’t care. #AWOL,” Bouchard wrote in a Facebook post Saturday, accompanied by a picture of an empty chair with Cheney’s name on it that was left in the meeting room in Rawlins.
Although the Wyoming GOP’s central committee has now passed a censure resolution, county GOP committees that have yet to vote on a censure measure could still do so, according to Olsen. In Laramie County, a resolution to censure Cheney is slated to be on the agenda during the county GOP’s central committee meeting Feb. 16.
Correnti, meanwhile, emphasized the state party’s vote was mainly an attempt to strengthen the voice of the people.
“A statement I made on the floor was — the question we have to ask ourselves is, is the voice of the people important? And if it is, the second question is, is it only important on Election Day?” Correnti said. “Because I think that people should be able to affect the posture and the decisions of their representatives. Otherwise, you don’t have a representative. You have a proxy that can do whatever they want with your voice.”
Tom Coulter is the Wyoming Tribune Eagle’s state government reporter. He can be reached at [email protected] or 307-633-3124. Follow him on Twitter at @tomcoulter_.
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Oh, Liz, you are such a New World Order Open Borders Bush Republican In Name Only / Democrat. Liz, your big mouth should be “censored”, with a cement mask over your mouth!
Republicans like Cheney were not elected so they could vote their personal consciences, but to vote for the will of THE PEOPLE she was elected to represent. Only people having killed their consciences who are no longer able to understand this would go against the will of THE PEOPLE who elected her. To do so makes you a Secular Self-Serving Liberal Democrat, and a traitor to THE PEOPLE who trusted YOU to represent THEM. This is not rocket science, but a person of self-interest following the political science of power not OF the people but OVER and ABOVE THE PEOPLE. Do not waste your time running again for office, but like unelectible guys like Killer Cuomo, just find some political pal who will grant you a position somewhere where trust and loyalty to THE PEOPLE, just the PARTY establishment, is not part of the working equation.
That statement is not limited to REPUBLICANS like Liz Cheney, but to ALL elected officials (of both parties)…
ANYONE who does not represent their constituents, should be tossed out with the morning garbage!
Goodbye Liz!
Tossed into the nearest active volcano!
Liz Cheney appearing with Chris “Chuck” as Biden calls him, Wallace means absolutely nothing to those who know the truth, which is why their ratings continue to plummet.
Liz and dad Dick Cheney are Deep State. They never met a war they didn’t like, nor wars, which America’s treasure of their sons, daughters, wives and husbands have fought in. We have been there for about twenty years now, and until President Trump.
That’s the reason Liz and dad and many, many more war mongers hate Trump. He exposed them and they hated him for that exposure.
This is a battle between righteousness and unrighteousness, good and evil and it will take all God fearing, God loving, Bible believing, much prayer and Constitutionalists to fight this battle.
Which makes you wonder, WHAT THE HELL is in the air/water, in Wyoming, that SUCH A SWAMP RAT could have been elected in the first place!
Does the words ELECTION FRAUD mean anything to anyone. The communist occupiers in washington just wanted to make it look good that a useless republican got elected … knowing she’s “one of them”.
Look good to WHOM? their useless brainless voters? Cause to WE true conservatives, it doesn’t look good IN ANY WAY.
The woman should hang her head in shame as she is escorted out of Wyoming, and back to her liberal east coast residence! and with that i say good riddance to bad rubbish
She ran under her maiden name because otherwise the voters would have asked themselves’ “WHO is this TWIT from Virginia, and WHY IS SHE RUNNING FOR OUR OFFICE?”
DADDIES NAME… NOW that is a different story.
Bought a fancy house in the Jackson Hole area to ‘qualify’ as a ‘resident’ , yet her main residence is in McClean, VA, her kids go to Privates Schools in VA.
They LIVE IN VA, and nobody knows IF they ever spend more than a few days per year IN Wyoming.
Vacations do not make a CITIZEN of a State.
There are more longhaul Truck Drivers on I-80 that have more claim than she does.
Just what Hiliary C did in NY. Carpet baggers.
That is why i can’t stand ANYONE FROm the same family, running for office.. ALL TOO OFTEN, its cause of that name recognition ALONE, that they win… NOT CAUSE THEY HAVE good ideas/policies!
Obviously her way of standing up for Wyoming values does not represent that of the electorate and party structure that backed and voted her into office. As a representative of the people she seems to have allowed her own animosity toward Donald Trump to cloud her judgement with regard to the Constitution! Just as she felt compelled to vote for impeachment her constituants who voted for Donald Trump feel compelled to advise her that decision was WRONG.
Pennsylvania should also censor their Senator. Sen. Toomey relied on the first reports of Jan. 6th condemning President Trump, and believed the faulty, knee-jerk reported versions from the propaganda readers, aka journalist, who got everything wrong, especially the death of the police officer, and the total lack of any investigation in the murder of Ashli. There was no fire extinguisher thrown, and it seems the officers autopsy may not yet be verified, but we all know what happened to Ashli. Senator Toomey rushed to judgement on President Trump, shame on him as well as Cheney. The person he should have been calling on to have impeached is Gov. Wolf, who placed an unqualified doctor in charge of Pennsylvania’s health, resulting in the deaths of a great many elder- care patients, and who rolled out one of the messiest covid-19 vaccine plans in the entire 50 states. Toomey and Wolf should have been on top of the pandemic process. Wolf was more intent on pushing for diversity, changing PAs voting process, and killing they Keystone pipeline. Can Fracking be far behind?
toomey and wolf are the EPITOME of deep state operatives.
She might as well resign because her name will be forever “mud” in the minds of the people of Wyoming. She has zero chance of being re-elected in 21 months. Her dad, even though I was not always in agreement with but I respected, will unfortunately suffer the stain on his name historically because of the actions of this idiot offspring.
I respected Dick and Lynn until this.
Liz learned this **** at home when she was raised.
Mud? you are being to kind………W.
Let’s hope the VOTERS in Wyoming, wise up, and VOTE SOMEONE ELSE in that is not another RINO traitor.
I am sick to death of the Left, and yes, she is the Left, touting the Constitution while they trample on it!
Then there are the lies, we didn’t need Trump to tell us there was voter fraud and cheating rampant in the election, is was clear for any who choose to look, to see! Which is why so many judges refused to even hear the evidence!
The only good thing that has come out of this is that we have a much clearer picture as to who can be trusted, in the media and elected officials.
Unless the fraud and cheating is again used to the benefit of these traitors, which is doubtful, as the Democrats reserve that right for themselves, but who knows, she and her ilk will be forever gone!
WHO the hell needs cheney, and WHO the hell wants cheney. SHE is a total “RINO” and deserves that title. She votes with the “popular vote”, and not what makes sense for America. Basically SHE is a full libturd dumbocrat, and should become one.
she “will always fight for the issues that matter most to our state.”
“Foremost among these is the defense of our Constitution and the freedoms it guarantees,” Cheney said. “My vote to impeach was compelled by the oath I swore to the Constitution. Wyoming citizens know that this oath does not bend or yield to politics or partisanship.
By voting to impeach a president who has already left office, she has already bent to politics. Wyoming citizens voted for President Trump and Cheney completely disregarded that fact. Republicans are going to have to clean house and make sure that the people who they vote into office actually represent the MAJORITY. If they can’t manage to do that, they need to go.
so… tom coulter, the author is another stealth communist mediia moron?
“And it falsely asserts that the U.S. Capitol riot was “instigated by Antifa and (Black Lives Matter) radicals.””
uuuhhh, tommie? FACTS PROVE DIFFERENTLY!
Facts?? WE need no stinkin facts..
This shows to go you where the Cowardly RINO Republicans’ loyalty is. It lies with the Marxist Communist DemocRAT Party. Everyone of the RINOS voting to impeach President Trump again, should not only be Censured, but thrown out of the Republican Party, and that includes the leadership that allowed Cheney to remain the 3rd most senior Dimwit in the party. It’s pretty bad when the leadership sides with the RINO instead of the voters whom elected her.
It doesn’t matter if she doesn’t step down, she will be primaried out next time around.
That assumes
A_ we can find a PROPER conservative to run against her
B_ the GOP doesn’t get the leftist commie playbook, on voter fraud up and running…