Liz Cheney, who has emerged as former President Donald Trump’s fiercest Republican critic, has lost her party’s nomination for the United States Congress to a Trump-backed candidate, in the latest sign of her party’s break with traditional conservatism.
Once considered Republican royalty, the legislator from Wyoming has become a pariah to her party over her role on the congressional panel investigating the January 6, 2021 assault on the US Capitol, and Trump’s role in fanning the flames.
