Wyoming GOP leaders say they no longer recognize Cheney as party member

[riversedge]

Source: the hill



By Celine Castronuovo - 08/10/21 11:07 PM EDT

The GOP groups of two Wyoming counties have both voted to no longer recognize Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) as a member of the Republican Party, the latest moves against the congresswoman months after she voted to impeach former President Trump.

Martin Kimmet, the chairman of the Park County Republicans, wrote in a Thursday letter to Cheney, “You will no longer be recognized as the official Republican Congressional Representative by the Park County Republican Party,” according to the Casper Star-Tribune.

The Carbon County Republicans followed this move by voting unanimously to back a formal resolution denouncing Cheney.

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The Park County letter and the Carbon County resolution contained similar lines, both ending with, “In the immortal words of the 45th President of the United States of America, Donald J. Trump ...‘You’re Fired!’”

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Cheney already faces eight primary challengers for her seat ahead of the 2022 midterm elections, and Trump has promised to throw an endorsement behind a Cheney opponent of his choice.

Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/house/567287-wyoming-gop-leaders-say-they-no-longer-recognize-cheney-as-party-member?rl=1

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There certainly is no honor in being a member of the Trumpy dumpy Party!!

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[olegramps]

45. I welcome their decision. Hopefully it will lead to the destruction of their treasonous party.

I consider them to be fascist vermin that deserve to shunned. I don't what to have any association with these trash.

[Lovie777]

2. republicans have no, nada diversity . . .

purity is the only ticket to membership. Their way or no way.

This party needs to go.

[William Seger]

18. Cults are harder on apostates than they are on non-believers

[chia]

27. Good observation.

[Haggard Celine]

3. Yes, I'm sure Trump is on the phone

all day every day stirring up shit. Looks like he made some calls to Wyoming. Cheney stood up against their fuhrer and they can't allow that.

[NurseJackie]

4. If she wants to become a Democrat and caucus with our party... I'M ALL FOR IT!!

[OneBro]

5. Stop reading my mind!

Great minds do, indeed, think alike.

[NurseJackie]

6. 🍷🍷

[riversedge]

9. Her record on Womens health has a lot to be desired. I only looked at this issue for now.........

Cheney is a Republican.


https://justfacts.votesmart.org/candidate/key-votes/171319/liz-cheney/68/women

[Demsrule86]

12. Last time we had a big majority in the House,we had conservadems some of whom were pro-llife

Perriello who later ran in a primary against Governor Northam was one of them.

[Deminpenn]

22. mybe she'll have a

Saul at Tarsus moment of conversion.

[obamanut2012]

17. She is a pretty extreme right winger

So, no.

[NurseJackie]

24. Oh, please... so what? It's all about the numbers.

She is a pretty extreme right winger
So, no.

Oh, please... so what? It's all about the numbers. If she "flips" to caucus with the Democrats, then that's a net gain of TWO! (They lose one, we gain one... TWO!) No need to put pride above a winning strategy. We might need that advantage someday.

[HUAJIAO]

26. No. It is only a gain IF she votes with us, which is mostly highly unlikely, in my view.

[NurseJackie]

29. Not necessarily. It's entirely possible that we could someday need...

... that extra seat. It doesn't matter if she never votes with the Democrats... any advantage is still an advantage. You never know when it will be needed. It certainly won't hurt, and it could motivate others to go ahead and abandon the GOP as well.

[Polybius]

37. The problem is that Wyoming is the Reddest state in the Union now

Trump won there with almost 70% of the vote. She would never win reelection as a Democrat.

[jmowreader]

40. After crossing Trump, I doubt she'd win re-election as a Republican either

So her best option right now is to join our party and vote in lockstep with our best Democrats just to piss Trump off.

[NurseJackie]

43. She could caucus with the Democrats as an Independent...

... it's not unheard of, ya know.

[Polybius]

44. Sure, that's great up until after next year

But then she loses to any Republican. I guess it's better than nothing.

[Crowman2009]

19. As someone who was in the Iraq war, let me just say...

...I don't fuckin' think so! Added to that I remember the Bush/Cheney years vividly, so let me say again:

[Marcuse]

53. She's OK with voter suppression. She'd be a blue dog Dem at best.

Worse than Manchin and Sinema.

[NurseJackie]

54. That's not the point.

[Irish_Dem]

7. Maybe the Republican Party will die and she will start a new party.

Interesting to speculate about it... wonder what she will call the new party.

However I think she will stick with the GOP for as long as she can.

[philf99]

8. She should change to independent

Not sure why she is staying in today’s Republican Party?

Would be better for her to declare as an independent and avoid a primary fight.

I don’t see her caucusing with Democrats. Remember her father but at least she has integrity on this issue.

And I think the Wyoming Republican Party underestimates the value of the Cheney family.

[Champp]

10. "She's loyal to America, and we can't tolerate that." - WY Repubes

As far as loyalty to America and respect for truth, justice, and honor, the ungodly G.O.P. has shit the bed.

[Freethinker65]

11. Cheney said months ago she did not even recognize her party anymore!!! Hahahaha

[Blues Heron]

14. That's got to be sticking in Darth's craw

wonder what the next shoe to drop will be

[Evolve Dammit]

15. The radical shift over the last couple decades does not bode well for USA. The demonization

of hard core Repugs like Cheney illustrates how full-on fascist Cult 45 has dragged it. Two impeachments and Jan. 6 should be enough wake-up calls, but will it? The new Civil War is on, sadly. I can't see the train stopping.

[NanceGreggs]

16. That's okay.

Most Americans no longer recognize Republicans as human beings.

[Paladin]

20. Suits me. I don't think Republicans are a political party, any more. (nt)

[Botany]

21. Liz would be a formidable nominee in 2024

These republican Trump loyalists will drive the republican party into the sewer and
I am all full that.

[AnnetteChaffee]

23. Wait... so she was elected by the people

correct? She won an election, voted on by citizens. How can she be shunned, thrown out without an official impeachment? And of course it would be silly to try to impeach her because she stood up for truth.

Not sure I understand how this could be valid?

Annette

[Steelrolled]

51. The party is throwing her out, has no real effect on her elected position

except for the very practical issue that she will get no support from the GOP, and won't have the (R) after her name on any ballot.

This is how the political parties keep their members voting the party line in Congress.

[BumRushDaShow]

25. So only *2* counties out of *23* "don't recognize" daughter of Darth

and then "3 or 4" more are supposedly going to do similar (per the OP article).

Population of Park County = ~29,000
Population of Carbon County = ~15,000

https://worldpopulationreview.com/us-counties/states/wy

And if my math is correct (if the "3 or 4" others go along), then that leaves 17 or 18 other counties who will probably not bother.

[LiberalFighter]

28. So they don't want anyone in the House representing them? Hmm

[LiberalFighter]

30. Will the other 21 counties follow suit?

Carbon and Park counties are 12th and 16th in population respectively.

7.7% of the population. If I got my numbers right.

[Jetheels]

31. Cheney may be the last vestige of the Republican Party.

It’s now the tfg party.

[Autumn]

32. I really don't care. I don't recognize any Cheney as a human being.

Her Dad, she and their buddies made that party what it is. Fuck em.

[Beastly Boy]

33. Alzheimers?

On such a massive scale? Remarkable!

[The Unmitigated Gall]

34. Oh dear, another "cancellation".

[LaMouffette]

35. C'mon, Liz, start The New (Old) Republican Party! Do it! C'mon, split the ticket! Please!

That would be exquisite for the Trumplican Party to suddenly find itself made up of just the crazies who worship Trump and the politicians who foolishly hitched their wagons to the Trump Train.

[keithbvadu2]

36. Oath of Allegiance - Pre and post 1934

Oath of Allegiance - Pre and post 1934
http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/the-fuehrer-oath

(before August 2, 1934)
"I swear by almighty God this sacred oath:
I will at all times loyally and honestly
serve my people and country
and, as a brave soldier,
I will be ready at any time
to stake my life for this oath."

The Fuehrer Oath
(effective August 2, 1934)
"I swear by almighty God this sacred oath:
I will render unconditional obedience
to the Fuehrer of the German Reich and people, Adolf Hitler,
Supreme Commander of the Wehrmacht,
and, as a brave soldier,
I will be ready at any time
to stake my life for this oath."

[dhol82]

41. That's an amazing find.

Certainly seems like the direction the republicans are taking.

[patphil]

38. I no longer recognize the GOP as a legitimate political party.

Far too many of them support the concept of overthrowing the Republic to enforce their minority will on the majority of the citizens.
They have become the party of lawlessness and insurrection.
They have become the party of the Big Lie. They tried to steal the election while chanting "Stop the Steal".

Of course the steal WAS stopped early in the morning of January 7th when Vice-President Pence and all the members of Congress who loved this country and upheld it's Constitution voted to certify the results of an open, honest, and fair election that saw Biden and Harris as the clear winners.
The fact that so many Republicans in Congress voted not to certify, and the continued actions of so many thousands of Republicans at the Federal and State levels is all the proof I need to indict the Republican Party as a Terrorist Organization that is dedicated to the overthrow of the Republic.

I'm not a supporter of Liz Cheney, but at least she takes her oath of office seriously, and is doing what she can to defend the nation against the attacks on our country by the Republican party. Of course they want to throw her out. She's a true American, regardless of her politics.

[twodogsbarking]

39. They are taking away her pearl necklace. Oh the humanity.

[Midnight Writer]

42. With 8 challengers in the primary so far, I'd guess she is in a good position.

If her primary challengers split the vote, she could come out on top with relatively small support.

And if she wins the GOP primary in Wyoming, she will be a shoo-in in the general election.

[marble falls]

46. That's because no one can see them as Republican either. Keep it up, right thru the 2022 ...

... election, we need all the dissention the "GOP" can muster up between themselves.

[Warpy]

47. Oh, goody, it looks like that rotten party is going to split apart

I don't think Cheney has much to worry about, she's been a bedrock conservative, wrong about nearly everything for years, and that has to count for something. She'll run as an Independent, and likely be reelected. They're not all crazy in Wyoming, I've known a lot of perfectly reasonable people from there.

And after the GOP is nothing but Tea Klanners and Qbots, perhaps the rich and powerful will start teaching their heirs about the pitfalls of making too many deals with too many devils. The devils always take over.

[DENVERPOPS]

48. The RepubliCON's backs are to the wall

This will serve as a pivot point for the roll out of their "scorched earth" program.........

I wonder what Daddy Dick is advising her to do.................

[sakabatou]

50. The GOP is dead. The Cult of Trump is the de facto right-wing.

[inthewind21]

52. SO....

They are basically discarding their own voters who put her in office. Sounds about right.