- The Wyoming GOP voted Rep. Liz Cheney.
- Cheney, and 9 other House Republicans, voted to impeach President Donald Trump on January 13.
- “My vote to impeach was forced by the oath I swore to the constitution,” Cheney said Saturday.
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The Republican Party of Wyoming on Saturday condemned Rep. Liz Cheney, the third-most senior Republican in the House of Representatives, on her vote on Jan. 13 to impeach President Donald Trump.
Cheney was one of 10 House Republicans who joined Democrats to accuse Trump of his handling of the January 6 Capitol uprising.
Wyoming Republicans argued that in voting to impeach the president, Cheney had ignored the will of Wyoming residents, who overwhelmingly supported Trump.
“Does the voice of the people matter and if so, does it only matter at the polls?” said Joey Correnti, the GOP chairman in Carbon County, according to the Associated Press.
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In a statement after the censure, Cheney defended her decision to impeach Trump. She said she will continue to fight for the issues that matter most to Wyoming.
“Chief among them is to defend our constitution and the freedoms it guarantees. My vote to impeach was forced by the oath I swore to the constitution,” she said according to the Associated Press.
Cheney isn’t the only House Republican to face a backlash for voting to impeach Trump. Last Saturday, the GOP in South Carolina voted Rep. Tom Rice for the same reason.
Cheney also recently faced a failed attempt by some House Republicans to oust her from her position as chair of the conference committee. An overwhelming 145 GOPers voted to keep her, while only 61 wanted to remove her.