Her defeat was expected, but its magnitude sent a deafening political signal confirming Donald Trump’s strong hold on Republicans: Liz Cheney, daughter of former U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney and Trump’s nemesis, is saying goodbye to her seat in Congress after being eliminated by party primaries in Wyoming by 37 percentage points (66%-29%) compared to her opponent Harriet Hageman, a rather obscure Republican politician who, however, was nominated by the former president and supported by the passion that the 2020 elections were rigged in favor of Joe Biden.

As Hageman celebrated her victory at the Sagen rodeo in a cowboy hat, boots and jeans style, Donald Trump posted his own message on social media: “Liz Cheney should be ashamed of herself, of the way she acted, of her hypocrisy and spiteful attitude towards others. Now she can go into the depths of political oblivion, where I am sure she will be much happier than today.

However, Cheney, 56, one of 10 Republican MPs who voted to impeach Trump and who is still co-chair of the House committee investigating the January 6, 2021, unprecedented aberrations at the Capitol, does not appear to be fading into “political oblivion.” Speaking on NBC the day after her defeat, she vowed to do “whatever it takes to keep Donald Trump out of the Oval Office” of the White House. Asked if he would run for president in the 2024 election, he said: “I’m thinking about it and will make a decision in the coming months.”

Mike Pence distanced himself from the former president, asking for an end to attacks on the FBI.

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Of the 10 Republicans who voted to impeach Donald Trump, only one is likely to make it to the next House of Representatives after the November election. The consolation for Trump’s internal party opponents was that the other opponent who voted to impeach him, Alaska Senator Lisa Murkowski, was on the list of candidates in the November election, where she will compete with fellow Republican Kelly Chibaka. Meanwhile, former Vice President Mike Pence, who, like Trump, is likely to run for president in 2024, criticized the Justice Department for the FBI’s recent raid on the former president’s home, but urged Republicans to avoid attacks on federal police by distancing themselves from the former president. “We are the party of law and order, and these attacks on the FBI must stop,” Pence said during a speech in New Hampshire.