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Liz Cheney's Democrat Pal Throws an Anchor Around Her Neck Days Before Primary [Al Franken]
Independent Journal Review ^ | August 15, 2022 at 1:30pm | By Jack Davis

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.”


TOPICS: Government; History; Politics; Society
KEYWORDS: adamkinzinger; alfranken; harriethageman; illinois; lizcheney; ohio; patlauber; paulkasich; searchworks; wyoming
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1 posted on 08/16/2022 11:45:56 AM PDT by Red Badger
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To: Red Badger

Squishy boobs AL? Makes perfect sense.


2 posted on 08/16/2022 11:47:56 AM PDT by blackdog (Cooler King Joe, killing a winning nation every day. )
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To: Red Badger

She’s in for a massive defeat. But she still won’t get the message, she’s mentally ill.


3 posted on 08/16/2022 11:48:37 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: Red Badger

So after today, what is her base? Some Rhinos and people suffering from TDS who don’t want to vote for Demorats or socialists, but I repeat myself.

That base is not large enough to propel her to re-election in Wyoming let alone the White House (fading sounds of hail to the chief).


4 posted on 08/16/2022 11:51:39 AM PDT by Maine Mariner
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To: Red Badger
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5 posted on 08/16/2022 11:54:21 AM PDT by AnthonySoprano (Lindsey Graham: How can anyone be Mad at Joe Biden)
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To: Maine Mariner

Its not large enough to feel the stands in small high school JV girls soccer game!


6 posted on 08/16/2022 11:55:20 AM PDT by Reily
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To: Red Badger

I’ve never seen a politician burn their bridge from both ends so enthusiastically. Liz even out-did Arlen Specter.


7 posted on 08/16/2022 11:56:40 AM PDT by blackdog (Cooler King Joe, killing a winning nation every day. )
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To: Reily

Nor large enough to fill the stands of a professional women’s soccer game.


8 posted on 08/16/2022 11:58:44 AM PDT by Maine Mariner
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To: Reily

Nor large enough to fill the stands of a professional women’s soccer game.


9 posted on 08/16/2022 11:58:44 AM PDT by Maine Mariner
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To: AnthonySoprano

With endorsements by Al Franken and OJ Simpson, how can Liz Cheney possibly lose?


10 posted on 08/16/2022 11:58:47 AM PDT by NautiNurse (The federal tyrants have awakened the sleeping giant. )
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To: Red Badger
Franken made a strategic error here. He should have endorsed Cheney not as himself but as Stuart Smalley. After all, many people enjoyed SNL in its early years. Franken should have capitalized on that.


11 posted on 08/16/2022 11:59:20 AM PDT by Leaning Right (The steal is real.)
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To: Red Badger

She goes down today.


12 posted on 08/16/2022 11:59:23 AM PDT by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: ifinnegan

She goes down today.

and you do know she’s not going away


13 posted on 08/16/2022 12:00:23 PM PDT by butlerweave
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To: Red Badger

It’s an open primary......not over ‘til it’s over.


15 posted on 08/16/2022 12:05:24 PM PDT by Churchillspirit (Pray for President Trump)
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To: Red Badger

Her MSNBC show will debut in March.


16 posted on 08/16/2022 12:05:42 PM PDT by dead (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_vFiUUcBkc)
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To: butlerweave

Maybe she can be besties with that hag that went down in flames in dramatic fashion Claire McCaskill (EX-senator from Missouri) in a beat down loss to Josh Hawley. Maybe Liz can lez out with Claire.


17 posted on 08/16/2022 12:06:09 PM PDT by Blue Highway
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To: ping jockey; ifinnegan; butlerweave

Endless interviews on all the lib media channels.....starting probably tomorrow.


18 posted on 08/16/2022 12:08:39 PM PDT by V_TWIN (America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave)
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To: ping jockey

Watch the dems toss her away like a used Kleenex when she runs for prez-and for the same reason!


19 posted on 08/16/2022 12:09:18 PM PDT by mozarky2 (Ya never stand so tall as when ya stoop to stomp a statist...)
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To: Red Badger

Oh, you mean the so-called ‘comedian’ who never had even one funny bit?


20 posted on 08/16/2022 12:10:16 PM PDT by Bullish (Rot'sa Ruck America. )
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