Posted on 07/26/2021 7:44:24 AM PDT by cotton1706
After months of slow news, former President Donald Trump is causing a ruckus in the Wyoming political world.
According to a myriad of sources, the two GOP U. S. House candidates being invited for endorsement consideration are Cheyenne attorney Darin Smith and Casper legislator Chuck Gray. Although State Sen. Anthony Bouchard was the first to jump into the race against incumbent Liz Cheney, he was not invited by Trump.
Trump has a big-time grudge against Cheney because she was one of 10 Republican House members who voted to impeach the former president. Cheney has become even more vocal since then in her criticism of Trump, which has isolated her from a huge number of Wyoming Republicans.
Wyoming voters polled more in favor of Trump in the 2016 and 2020 presidential elections than voters in any other state. This IS Trump country.
The prevailing pro-Trump mood among many Republicans in Wyoming is so dominant that Cheney is seldom seen at public events these days and travels with two security men at her side. In the first quarter of this year, she spent over $58,000 on personal protection.
Based on money raised, while Bouchard has raised the most in donations of any of Cheney’s challengers at almost $580,000, Smith has more cash on hand, $142,461 to Bouchard’s $108,612 after raising about $171,000 in just the second quarter of the year.
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Not stirring up politics!!
You mean SOMBEBODY'S getting in the way of the usual scheme to protect and re-elect the odious incumbent??
The horror!!
Does anyone else get the feeling that Trump just pulled his sword out of the scabbard?
This needs to be happening across the country.
145 GOP House members voted in February to have Liz Cheney continue to lead them.
They KNEW she was not leading them to MAGA.
Trump wants nothing to do with that Child Rapist, Bouchard.
Pick one. The willing candidate needs a plurality, not a majority. In a three or four person primary Cheney has a decent chance of willing. In a two person primary she's toast.
Drain the Swamp does not mean state legislators get picked to win the House seat. It means people not in politics at all, like the two lawyers, get picked.
Oh and fundraising focus is all about the swamp, too. Fundraising is to pay campaign staff, who are all swamp creatures.
you can bet every democrat in WY will be voting for Cheney in the primary
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