Why Wyoming's "brand" hates Liz Cheney

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🗓️ 12 August 2022

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Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney is state royalty and a conservative's conservative. But because she's on the Jan. 6 House subcommittee, voters want her out

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0:00.0	Wyoming's been in the news a lot lately, mostly because of its sole congressional representative.
0:08.3	President Trump summoned the mob, assembled the mob, and lit the flame of this attack.
0:14.1	Liz Cheney is a member of the House Select Committee investigating the January 6th Capitol
0:18.4	Insurrection and is effectively royalty in the equality state.
0:22.4	But next week, Wyoming's voters are expected to dethrone her.
0:26.5	When did you first realize that you were having second thoughts about Cheney?
0:29.4	Oh, goodness.
0:30.6	When it came out that she was on the January 6th committee.
0:34.5	Her vote to impeach President Trump
0:36.1	and the decision to take part in the January
0:38.0	6th investigation has made many of Liz's constituents feel betrayed and angry.
0:43.9	I think Liz has turned on us.
0:48.3	I'm Gustav Ariano.
0:49.9	You're listening to The Times, Essential News from the LA Times.
0:53.8	It's Friday, August 12, 2022.
0:58.0	Today, we kick off our coverage of the 2022 midterm elections.
1:01.5	We'll be updating you throughout the coming weeks
1:03.5	on the issues important to California and the nation.
1:06.7	In this episode, How Wyoming abandoned an old school Republican
1:10.2	like Liz Cheney and what that
1:11.9	means for the party and the country.
1:17.9	Arit John is an L.A. Times staff writer based in Washington, D.C. Arit, welcome to the Times.
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