Wyoming’s Republican Party voted on Saturday to denounce a congressman Liz Cheney about her vote to impeach former President Trump. Cheney, the third-placed Republican in the House, said on Saturday that her impeachment vote was “forced by the oath I have sworn to the Constitution.”
The Wyoming GOP passed a disapproval resolution with a vote of 56 to 8. The disapproval resolution says that the state party will not raise money for it in the future and also requests that all donations made by the state party and any other donations to its campaign 2020. provincial parties that so request.
“I am honored to represent the people of Wyoming in Congress and will always fight for the issues that matter most to our state,” Cheney said in a statement Saturday. “Chief among them is the defense of our constitution and the freedoms it guarantees.”
Cheney was one of 10 House Republicans who broke with the party and voted on January 13 to accuse Mr. Trump of inciting uprising in the Capitol. Mr. Trump’s trial starts Tuesday in the Senate.
According to the censorship document, Cheney voted to impeach “despite the absence of a formal hearing, submission of evidence, sworn witnesses or questioning accusers.”
Trump won nearly 70% of Wyoming’s voters in November, and Cheney is the state’s only congressman. The Republican Party accused her of not communicating with the voters of the state. The resolution alleges that Republicans in the state have since left the party or changed their voter registration.
Several party members spoke out against the decision to convict Cheney. At Saturday’s meeting, Alex Muromcew, chairman of Teton County, said the state party should oppose “this leftist trend of ‘canceling culture’, in an effort to disapprove and get rid of anyone with whom we disagree.” Joseph McGinley, chairman of the Natrona County Republican Party, criticized the state party’s recent decisions to condemn other state and county legislatures, including himself.
While the US House was still in session, Cheney did not attend the meeting. There was an empty chair with her name on it to call attention to her absence, which McGinley said was done in “bad taste.”
“This is our only representative at the US House. And censoring someone for how he or she voted doesn’t help in any way, shape, or form. If we’re not satisfied with the voting records, that will be resolved in the primary. Undermining one’s ability to represent the people of Wyoming is counterproductive, ”McGinley told CBS News.
Cheney has also faced backlash from national Republicans. Earlier this week, Cheney survived a vote by House Republicans to remove her from her leadership position, with 61 Republicans voting to remove Cheney from her post and 145 voting for her to stay. The vote took place by secret ballot.
On Jan. 28, Florida Congressman Matt Gaetz held a rally in Wyoming, accusing Cheney of her impeachment vote and turning her “a Beltway bureaucrat into a fake cowgirl.”
Adam Brewster contributed to the reporting.