Liz Cheney’s fall — and future
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🗓️ 17 August 2022
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
Congresswoman Liz Cheney’s crushing defeat in Wyoming’s Republican primary on Tuesday. Plus, Alaska experiments with a new way to vote.
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Rep. Liz Cheney’s loss on Tuesday night wasn’t really a surprise — not even to her. As vice chair of the congressional committee investigating Jan. 6, she’s carved a new reputation as a voice of anti-Trumpism within the Republican party. But her constituents have rejected it. Politics reporter Amber Phillips explains what Cheney’s future could look like from here.
And two years ago, Alaska adopted a new way of voting that seems to be gaining steam in other places across the country: ranking candidates. Experts say ranked-choice voting boosts the chances for candidates with a wider appeal. Phillips breaks down what this experimentation with a new voting system could mean.
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| 0:00.0 | How's it going? |
| 0:02.0 | Great to be in Wyoming. |
| 0:04.0 | Always always. |
| 0:05.0 | Mr. Vice President, could you say something to the trip? |
| 0:07.0 | Yeah, how are you? |
| 0:08.0 | Nice to see you. |
| 0:09.0 | Good to see you. |
| 0:10.0 | Pleasure to see you, sir. |
| 0:11.0 | Late Tuesday morning at a polling place in Jackson, Wyoming, Congresswoman Liz Cheney |
| 0:16.0 | talked about the issue that she has been talking about for the last year and a half. |
| 0:20.0 | Her fight against Trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 election. |
| 0:25.0 | As a country, we're facing very challenging and difficult times. |
| 0:29.0 | We're facing a moment where our democracy really is under attack and under threat. |
| 0:35.0 | One of the journalists who was with her was congressional reporter Paul Keane, |
| 0:39.0 | who wondered whether this emphasis on Trump was ultimately hurting her. |
| 0:43.0 | Thank you very much. |
| 0:44.0 | Any reflection, Dan? |
| 0:45.0 | Some people said that you could have run a local issued campaign |
| 0:50.0 | and that you're by sort of not talking as much about the former president |
| 0:55.0 | that you might even ever get more Republican votes. |
| 0:58.0 | Do you have any regrets on that? |
| 1:00.0 | I have no regrets. |
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