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Liz Cheney’s anti-Trump crusade heads into uncharted territory, perilous political terrain

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She was kicked to the curb by Wyoming Republican voters and Rep. Liz Cheney’s next chapter — to rid the GOP of former President Donald Trump and his acolytes — promises to be an even rougher ride.
The daughter of Vice President Dick Cheney and undisputed face of the Trump “resistance” within her Republican Party, Ms. Cheney took her expected loss in stride. She said she’s thinking about a 2024 presidential run. At the very least, she vowed to deliver her anti-Trump message to every corner of the GOP.
The problem is, there’s no indication that any Republicans are listening to her.
A national YouGov poll released two weeks before Ms. Cheney’s primary defeat on Tuesday found just 34% of those surveyed held a favorable view of her — and most of those were Democrats. Among the GOP, she held a staggering 51% “very unfavorable” rating.
Asked whether Ms. Cheney has an audience at this point, former U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich said she “absolutely” does — then rattled off the locations of elite liberal university towns.
“Cambridge, New Haven, Berkeley, the part of Philadelphia that is [home to] the University of Pennsylvania,” Mr. Gingrich told The Washington Times. “I am sure they will be wildly enthusiastic. They don’t like Wyoming anyway.”
It was Wyoming Republicans who delivered the shuddering blow to Ms. Cheney, ousting her in favor of Harriet Hageman, who more than doubled the incumbent’s voting total, 66% to 29%, to run away with the GOP nomination for the state’s only House seat. That includes Natrona County where the high school football field in Casper is named after her father, the former vice president.

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