The Republican Party in Wyoming voted Saturday to disrespect the Congresswoman Liz Cheney about her vote to accuse former President Trump. Cheney, the Republican’s third position in the House, said Saturday that her vote to be indicted “was forced by the oath I swore to the Constitution.”
The Wyoming government has approved a censorship resolution with a vote of 56 to 8. The censorship resolution states that the state party will not raise money for her in the future and also asks that she make any donations that the state party and any other donations to her 2020 campaign, reimburses provincial parties who request it.
“I am honored to represent the people of Wyoming in Congress and will always fight for the issues that are most important to our state,” Cheney said in a statement Saturday. “The most important of these is the defense of our Constitution and the freedoms it guarantees.”
Cheney was one of ten Republicans from the House who broke up with the party and voted on Jan. 13 for Mr. To accuse Trump on a charge of inciting insurgency at the US Capitol. Mr. Trump’s trial will begin Tuesday in the Senate.
According to the censorship document, Cheney voted for indictment “despite the lack of formal trial, evidence presented, witnesses sworn to testify or defendants being questioned.”
Mr. Trump won nearly 70% of Wyoming voters in November, and Cheney is the only Congresswoman from the state. The Republican Party accused her of not having contact with state voters. The resolution alleges that Republicans in the state have since left the party or changed their voter registration.
Several party members spoke out against the move to reprimand Cheney. Alex Muromcew, chairman of Teton County, said at the meeting on Saturday that the state party “must resist this leftist tendency of ‘culture’ and try to reprimand and get rid of someone we disagree with. ‘ Natrona Provincial Republican Party chairman Joseph McGinley has criticized the party’s recent decisions to condemn other state and provincial lawmakers, including himself.
While the US House is still in session, Cheney did not attend the meeting. There was an empty chair with her name on it to draw attention to her absence, which according to McGinley was done in ‘poor taste’.
“This is our only representative for the U.S. House. And judging someone for how they voted does not help in any way, shape or form. If we are dissatisfied with the voting records, it is sorted out in the preference. Try to “Undermining someone’s ability to represent the people of Wyoming is counterproductive,” McGinley told CBS News.
Cheney also had a setback from national Republicans. Earlier this week, Cheney survived a vote by Republicans of the House to remove her from her leadership position, with 61 Republicans voting to remove Cheney from her post and 145 for her to remain. The vote was by secret ballot.
On January 28, Congresswoman Matt Gaetz held a rally in Wyoming, Florida, and Cheney exploded for her accusation, calling her a “Beltway bureaucrat who became a fake cowgirl.”
Adam Brewster reported.