Wyoming GOP votes to withdraw Cheney recognition

By Victoria Eavis, Casper Star-Tribune Via Wyoming News Exchange
Posted 11/18/21

CASPER — Wyoming Republican leaders voted last weekend to no longer recognize Rep. Liz Cheney as a member of their party.

The resolution, which does not strip Cheney of any tangible power, …

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Wyoming GOP votes to withdraw Cheney recognition

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CASPER — Wyoming Republican leaders voted last weekend to no longer recognize Rep. Liz Cheney as a member of their party.

The resolution, which does not strip Cheney of any tangible power, passed the Wyoming GOP Central Committee by a vote of 31-29 during a Saturday meeting Buffalo.

The symbolic move came after roughly nine county Republican parties voted to no longer recognize Cheney, estimated Joey Correnti, chairman of the Carbon County GOP and one of the officials spearheading the effort. 

The Cheney camp didn’t hold back.

“It’s laughable to suggest Liz is anything but a committed conservative Republican,” said Jeremy Adler, a Cheney spokesperson. “She is bound by her oath to the Constitution. Sadly, a portion of the Wyoming GOP leadership has abandoned that fundamental principle, and instead allowed themselves to be held hostage to the lies of a dangerous and irrational man.”

Cheney’s falling out with many in her party stems from her repeated criticism of former President Donald Trump and his role in the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol riot. The congresswoman says her vote to impeach Trump after the insurrection, her criticisms of his attempts to undermine the 2020 presidential election and her decision to join a House select committee investigating the attack on the Capitol, put principle — and the Constitution — above party.

But the state central committee sees it differently.

“To further her own personal political agenda, Representative Liz Cheney has not only caused massive disruption, distraction and division within the House Republican Conference, but has also willingly, happily, and energetically joined forced with and proudly pledged allegiance to democrat Speaker of the House Pelosi, as a means of serving her own personal interests while ignoring the interests, needs and expectations of Wyoming Republicans,” the resolution stated.

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