The former president must now look to the Wyoming Republican primary after his revenge plot against the Georgia governor failed magnificently.
in Georgia, Congresswoman Cheney may have a more difficult time fighting off Trump's revenge campaign, experts have suggested.that Cheney is in a tougher position than Kemp in terms of her primary because of the number of challenges she faces.
"She does not have the advantages of a sitting governor," Haynes said."And she is someone who has been front and center at the heart of condemning Trump for his efforts to topple a free and fair election in the world's oldest democratic republic."over the Capitol attack and is one of only two Republicans on the House Select Committee investigating the January 6 attack.
Alvin Bernard Tillery, an associate professor of political science at Northwestern University, said that being such a prominent Trump critic in a state where he won nearly 70 percent of the votes in 2020 could also backfire against the congresswoman. "Cheney will have a more difficult task because, unlike the other GOP survivors, her participation on the bipartisan January 6 committee goes much deeper than just resisting Mr. Trump's irrational rants about the stolen election," Tillery toldThis is not the first time Cheney has had to face battles from within her own party. In November, the Wyoming Republican Party voted to no longer recognize Cheney as being part of the GOP in a purely symbolic move.
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