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Liz Cheney loses Wyoming Republican primary to Trump-backed Hageman, NBC News project

Published 08/16/2022, 10:18 PM
Updated 08/17/2022, 06:56 AM
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: U.S. Representative Liz Cheney (R-WY) looks on during a public hearing of the U.S. House Select Committee to investigate the January 6 Attack on the U.S. Capitol, on Capitol Hill, in Washington, U.S., July 21, 2022. REUTERS/Sarah Silbiger/File

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: U.S. Representative Liz Cheney (R-WY) looks on during a public hearing of the U.S. House Select Committee to investigate the January 6 Attack on the U.S. Capitol, on Capitol Hill, in Washington, U.S., July 21, 2022. REUTERS/Sarah Silbiger/File

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: U.S. Representative Liz Cheney (R-WY) looks on during a public hearing of the U.S. House Select Committee to investigate the January 6 Attack on the U.S. Capitol, on Capitol Hill, in Washington, U.S., July 21, 2022. REUTERS/Sarah Silbiger/File Photo

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Representative Liz Cheney, a vocal critic of Donald Trump, lost the Republican Party primary to run again for Congress to Harriet Hageman, a lawyer endorsed by the former president, NBC News projected on Tuesday.

Cheney, daughter of former vice president Dick Cheney, has held the seat since 2017 but attracted Trump's ire after voting for his impeachment last year and playing a leading role on the committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, assault on the U.S. Capitol.

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honest and powerful women are excised from the republican party cult of drumpf. they're cowards, hate and want to control women. they only like women they could control, even with lies, like boebbert, Marjorie and palin! roflmao
The take over of the republican party by the MAGA cult is nearly complete....
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