Top GOP lawmaker Liz Cheney gets first primary challenger after voting to impeach Trump
Wyoming Congresswoman Liz Cheney, the third highest-ranked Republican in the House, has drawn a primary challenge just one week after she voted to impeach former President Trump over the insurrection at the Capitol on January 6.
State Senator Anthony Bouchard announced his campaign against Cheney on Wednesday, noting Mr. Trump's large victory margins in the state and suggesting Cheney's "long-time opposition" to Mr. Trump and her impeachment vote show "just how out-of-touch she is with Wyoming."
"Wyoming taxpayers need a voice in Congress who will stand up to Nancy Pelosi and the Democrats, and not give them cover. That's why I'm running for Congress," Bouchard said in a statement announcing his campaign.
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Bouchard has been a state Senator since 2017. In various Facebook posts, he's pushed the debunked theory that antifa took part in the attacks on the Capitol. He's also expressed admiration for newly elected Georgia Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene, a Republican who has backed QAnon conspiracy theories and made racist remarks. Bouchard wrote in one post, "If only WY had representation in Congress—like U.S. House Representative Greene. Instead we have a Turncoat-Cheney."
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