The Wyoming Republican, who has arguably grew to be the face of the anti-Trump movement, said that despite losing the race, “the real work begins” now as she intends to persist her fight to keep Trump out of office in 2024 and rebuke unsubstantiated claims that the 2020 election was stolen.
“Two years ago, I won this primary with 73% of the vote. I could easily have done the same again. The path was clear, but it would have required that I go along with President Trump's lie about the 2020 election. It would have required that I enable his ongoing efforts to unravel our democratic system and attack the foundations of our republic — that was a path I could not and would not take,” she told the crowd.
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“No House seat, no office in this land, is more important than the principles that we are all sworn to protect, and I well understood the potential political consequences of abiding by my duty. Our republic relies upon the goodwill of all candidates for office to accept honorably the outcome of elections, and tonight, Harriet Hageman has received the most votes in this primary. She won, I called her to concede the race. This primary election is over, but now, the real work begins.”
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Cheney took a swipe at Hageman for her address about the last presidential election, calling for candidates around the nation to concede that the results were legitimate and claiming that continuing to reject the outcome could obstruct democracy and lead to further cases of political violence like that seen on Jan. 6, when pro-Trump rioters stormed the Capitol in an attempt to derail the certification of the election results.
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"Today, as we meet here, there are Republican candidates for governor who deny the outcome of the 2020 election, and who may refuse to certify future elections if they oppose the results. We have candidates for secretary of state who may refuse to report the actual results of the popular vote in future elections, and we have candidates for Congress, including here in Wyoming, who refuse to acknowledge that Joe Biden won the 2020 election and suggest that states decertify their results,” she continued.
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“Our nation is barreling once again towards crisis, lawlessness, and violence. No American should support election deniers for any position of genuine responsibility where their refusal to follow the rule of law will corrupt our future," Cheney said.
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