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Posted on 08/16/2022 11:45:56 AM PDT by Red Badger
A former Democratic senator who made headlines in a 2017 sexual harassment scandal that forced his resignation has sparked ridicule after endorsing Republican Rep. Liz Cheney of Wyoming in her upcoming Republican primary.
Wyoming Republicans go to the polls Tuesday to decide between Cheney, who has been an outspoken critic of former President Donald Trump, and challenger Harriet Hageman, who has Trump’s support.
One poll released last week gave Hageman a 29-point lead over Cheney.
Former U.S. Sen. Al Franken, who stepped down from the Senate in early 2018, tweeted his endorsement on Saturday.
“I’ve decided to endorse @RepLizCheney for the Republican nomination for the House seat In Wyoming it’s my first time endorsing in a GOP primary. But I think Al Franken’s support will carry a lot of weight with WY Republicans,” he wrote, with obvious sarcasm.
Trending: Eric Trump Reveals His Family Has Footage of What Really Happened During Mar-a-Lago Raid Sarcastic or not, in a Republican primary in a state as conservative as Wyoming, where Trump won almost 70 percent of the votes in 2020, the endorsement could be an anchor dragging Cheney even further down.
Twitter came alive with negative responses, with one noting the endorsement would be a “weight around Liz’s neck.”
Cheney was among the 10 House Republicans who voted to impeach Trump after the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol incursion and has continued to attack Trump as a member of the House select committee investigating the event.
Wyoming Republican Darin Smith said Cheney’s hatred of Trump is “a vendetta,” according to the U.K. Guardian.
Trump publicly criticizes the foreign policy of former President George W. Bush’s administration, in which Cheney’s father, Dick Cheney, served as vice president.
“She’s mad at Trump because Trump pointed out the truth of the Cheney foreign policy. Her dad is responsible for millions of deaths worldwide and trillions of dollars in spending from the US government,” said Smith, who was outside the Capitol on the day of the incursion, according to The Guardian.
“She’s pissed about it and she’s a narcissist and she saw her opportunity to go for Trump’s throat and she did,” he said.
“But it’s bigger than that. She wants to be the first woman president. We all know that. We’re not stupid. She’s going to ‘educate’ us in the Constitution and how ‘we’re wrong and she’s right.’ Well, she’s got news and she’s got something coming for her on Tuesday of next week. She’s gonna find out if she educated us or not,” he said.
Laura Harnish, 53, a Wyoming resident interviewed by The Guardian, was blunt: “I wouldn’t vote for Liz Cheney if she was the last person on the ballot.”
“The Jan. 6 committee was very badly done. She wasn’t representing Wyoming at that point. I vote for you. That’s who you represent: Wyoming. If you’re not going to do that then you don’t need to be in office. You need to find something else to do,” she said.
Others said Cheney made the decisions that led to her likely defeat.
“I do think it’s debatable whether she should have gone out and blown herself up this way, because it’s obviously going to cost her her seat and her platform, but she chose a different path. And I think everybody’s got to make their own decisions in life,” said Scott Jennings, a GOP strategist and ex-special assistant to former President George W. Bush, said, according to The Hill.
The Hill article was headlined: “Cheney looks to cling on in Wyoming despite polls.”
This thread is about Liz Cheney, Not Kamalala Harris......................
Correct.
I didn’t think he was funny even before I knew what his politics were..................
Democrats have to change parties to vote for Lizzard which they can do anytime. The problem for them is that they are outnumbered at least 4 to 1 in Wyoming. There just aren’t enough to make up the difference.
She’s blonde Go get her OJ
And bring your knife just in case
Good to know. Thank you.
I had already totally stopped watching network TV by the time Al Franken’s Stuart role was a feature. I saw the movie Stuart Saves His Family and have it on DVD. I really like it. Clever and well written.
Probably based on some addiction Franken personally fought with the 12 Step intervention shown in the movie for the father. Never revealed to my knowledge.
Spoiler: The father resents the family intervention and says if he had to turn into the wimpy liberal caring group leader he’s choosing prison. Funny.
I am mostly biased and prejudiced. Rock groups, comedians, TV and movie stars, authors and so on can be politically anathema to my beliefs but I can accept their artistic outputs’ good qualities (before opposing them in a brutal rerun of the 1860s soon, of course, if they insist on it.😁😇)
I don’t mind celebs, rock stars, TV and Movies stars being political, just don’t do it MY DIME.
If I go to a concert, play you music an don’t try to preach to me.
If I go to your movie, don’t make it about your pet political cause.
If I watch you on TV, I can turn the channel or turn you off..............................................
(because Trump pointed out the truth of the Cheney foreign policy. Her dad is responsible for millions of deaths worldwide and trillions of dollars in spending from the US government)
Is it millions or hundreds of thousands?
I’m definitely not running interference for DC just trying to be accurate.
Hundreds of thousands for sure; at a minimum.
You gotta be kidding me...
Not the Bee?
Diaper boy strikes again!
“Watch the dems toss her away like a used Kleenex when she runs for prez-and for the same reason!”
Speaking of Cindy Sheehan...
Not on my dime....
You’re right. Having them pontificate from the stage when people wish they would “shut up and sing” or seeing them on a TV panel agreeing with Whoopi is difficult.
But a FReeper at least a decade ago (sorry, name forgotten) posted a meme here and said if we follow strict rules for entertainment and politics, all we could listen to was this LP album.
(It was Charlton Heston Reads the Bible).
I was startled at a local used record store to look ahead and see that very album cover on display there.
But I agree to boycott spending as much as possible. Biden era inflation helps me follow that.
Interesting. Franken wants Haggeman to win. Can’t they find one conservative in the state?
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It’s Real!
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Wasn’t Senator Franken outspoken against GWB and Dick Cheney?
Franken was assigned, and played, a large role in the Plot To Recuse Sessions. He played it perfectly.
Then they tossed him under the bus.
Perfect opportunity for Project Veritas.
He was outspoken against whoever they told him to be outspoken against......................
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