Former Wyoming Republican Representative Liz Cheney The race for the Oval Office officially endorsed Vice President Harris, who broke with the GOP last week to hit the campaign trail with the Democrat ticket in the key battleground state of Wisconsin.
Fox News Digital traveled to Casper, Wyoming over the weekend to hear from voters about their thoughts on the upcoming election and whether Cheney turned down the Republican presidential ticket in favor of supporting Harris this cycle. Cowboy State voters overwhelmingly condemned Cheney for supporting her, with some calling her a “traitor” and a “turncoat”.
Asked about his thoughts on Cheney’s campaign with Harris last week in Wisconsin, Clark Johnson told Fox News Digital, “I’m not impressed by it at all.”
“I think it’s ridiculous. I think he’s a traitor to the country,” Gunner Berg, another Wyomingite, said of the campaign event.
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Gunner Berg talks with Fox News Digital about the election. (Derek Shook for Fox News Digital)
Cheney, who is the daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney, is a vocal critic of former President Trump. putting him at odds with the Republican Party And his former constituents, who overwhelmingly supported Trump in the 2016 and 2020 elections. Wyoming is expected to vote red again in this election.
The majority of voters from Casper who spoke to Fox Digital said they are not fans of Cheney and that she is unlikely to hold another elected office in Wyoming because of her politics.
Dylan Sigman said, “I’m definitely not a fan, and it’s definitely changed some things.” He also said he did not believe Cheney could successfully run for office in Wyoming again.
Wyoming voter “Ralph” talks to Fox News Digital about the election and former Rep. Liz Cheney. (Derek Shook for Fox News Digital)
“I think Liz Cheney, who was originally a Wyoming person who moved to Connecticut and then returned to Wyoming wearing cowboy blue jeans and a cowboy rodeo belt buckle and sat down by herself, completely flipped and a turncoat “Liz has gone all Democratic and seems to want to get rid of DEI and all the other crap going on in their government,” said a Wyoming resident who identified himself as “Ralph.” Told.
The co-hosts of “The View” praised former Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., for endorsing Democrat presidential nominee Vice President Harris. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
Alicia Kelch told Fox Digital, “I support her decision to campaign for whoever she chooses. However, I don’t think she is the voice for the people of Wyoming. I know most people don’t support Kamala Harris or Don’t support that campaign.”
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Kelch said that it is unlikely that Cheney would be re-elected in Wyoming if she takes such a path, believing that many people who initially voted for Cheney will feel that “she should not be elected in office.” After bringing it in they were sold and realized what their true intentions were.” ,
Alicia Kelch speaks with Fox News Digital in Casper, Wyoming. (Derek Shook for Fox News Digital)
Chuck Kucera said in an interview that Cheney is a “backstabber”, quipping that a Harris campaign event “is probably a good place for that.”
John Shelton said Cheney could not run for re-election in Wyoming and that he would not vote for her, even if she was the last candidate on the ballot.
One Wyoming resident told Fox Digital that he was not “bothered” by Cheney’s teaming up with Harris and did not see it as an issue, while adding that “the majority of people in Wyoming are not worried about Cheney’s teaming up with Harris.” Do not agree to support”.
Two Wyoming residents told Fox News Digital that they support Cheney’s teaming with Harris, with Jennifer Dillinger saying it was “absolutely surprising.”
Wyoming resident Jennifer Dillinger speaks with Fox News Digital. (Derek Shook for Fox News Digital)
“It’s amazing that someone who is extremely conservative, has been a Republican his whole life, would support the Constitution and the country and not be party specific,” Dillinger said. He said it was unlikely that Cheney would make a successful return to Wyoming politics. The state is “very conservative.”
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Randi Chepke, another woman, said she was “thrilled that Liz Cheney is endorsing Kamala Harris,” arguing that Cheney is “putting our country above her party.”
Chepke said Cheney’s endorsement of Harris will “absolutely” encourage some Republican voters to vote for Harris next month.
“I think she’s a staunch conservative and she’s making her case about why she thinks it’s important to have democracy in the first place. And, you know, obviously, democracy is worth the price of a loaf of bread.” or a gallon of gas right now in our lives,” Chepke said.
Liz Cheney, R-Wyo. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite/File)
Cheney joins Harris in Ripon, WisconsinWhich on Thursday bills itself as the birthplace of the GOP, and formally endorses Harris for president.
“I’ve never voted for a Democrat, but this year I’m proudly voting for Vice President Kamala Harris,” Cheney told the audience. “As a conservative, a patriot, a mother, someone who respects our Constitution, I am honored to join her in this important work.”
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Harris praised Cheney as a leader who “puts country above party and above self, a true patriot.”
Signal Mountain is seen from Oxbow Bend Overlook along the Snake River in Jackson Lake, Wyoming. (George Rose/Getty Images/File)
Cheney was the third most powerful Republican in Congress from 2019 to 2021, but she saw her rising star fade in the party as she launched repeated attacks against Trump following the riot at the Capitol on January 6, 2021.
“It is important to recognize that a violent mob attacked the U.S. Capitol in an effort to prevent us from carrying out our constitutional duty,” Cheney said after Trump supporters stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6.
“There’s no question that the president formed the mob. The president incited the mob, the president addressed the mob. That’s not what America is like.”
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Vice President Harris campaigns with former GOP Rep. Liz Cheney in Ripon, Wisconsin on October 3, 2024. (Fox News – Paul Steinhauser)
Cheney voted to impeach Trump on charges of incitement of insurrection, sat on the House Select Committee to investigate protests over the January 6 attack and has continued to attack Trump this year.
“I ask you to hold on to the truth. To reject the wicked Donald Trump’s cruelty,” Cheney told Harris supporters in Wisconsin last week.
Trump, meanwhile, called Cheney a “low IQ war hawk” who “severely suffers from Trump derangement syndrome.”
Former President Trump addresses the crowd at a rally in Butler, PA on October 5, 2024. (Matthew McDermott for Fox News Digital)
Cheney lost her 2022 GOP congressional primary in Wyoming to Trump-backed candidate Harriet Hageman. She has not announced another run for political office, but Cheney has fueled speculation since leaving the House that she may run for president one day,
Fox News Digital’s Paul Steinhauser contributed to this report.
