Rep. Liz Cheney loses Wyoming GOP primary to Harriet Hageman, ousting one of the party's most prominent Trump critics, NBC and CBS project
for their criticism of the FBI in the hours and days after its agents searched the Florida home of former President Donald Trump.agents involved with the recent Mar-a-Lago search. These are sickening comments that put the lives of patriotic public servants at risk," Cheney tweeted on Thursday, shortly after Attorney General Merrick Garland spoke at the Justice Department about the search.
FBI Director Christopher Wray on Wednesday denounced the threats circulating online against federal agents and the Justice Department, calling them"deplorable and dangerous."JACKSON, Wyo. – Liz Cheney's political world, based in this valley resort town, is bracing for the worst – largely because Wyoming as a whole has become Donald Trump country.
Trump-backed challenger Harriet Hageman is heavily favored to win the Republican primary for Cheney's U.S. House seat and end Cheney's three-term congressional career. "It will be closer than most people think, but I think Hagesman will win ... unfortunately," said Hal Wheeler, 40, the owner of a bicycle shop in the quaint western-themed downtown of Jackson.has ignored the needs of people in Wyoming, on issue ranging from energy production to drug abuse.
"I think she went clear overboard," said Dan Winder, 69, a local property manager who stood in a long line at the Teton County administration building to cast an early vote for Hageman."She represents Wyoming – she's not representing Liz Cheney."
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