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As expected, Liz Cheney lost her Wyoming primary challenge for her seat in Congress. As expected, the House Republican lost to Harriet Hageman in a landslide, 66/28. And as expected, Cheney defended her efforts on the House select committee investigating January 6 issues, even though her constituents had just expressed how unimpressed they were with her performance.
In attempting to “go out fighting,” as nearly every media outlet described it, Cheney compared herself to Abraham Lincoln and Ulysses Grant on the way out. The New York Times considered it, probably accurately, as the launch of a national campaign:
Well. Liz Cheney didn’t lose on the battlefield; she lost an election. It’s a bit over the top to compare a Wyoming primary to the Battle of the Wilderness, no? It’s not even comparable to, say, Ronald Reagan’s loss in the 1976 primary, let alone an actual war battle with 17,000 killed in action.
