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The D.C. swamp is wasting little time embracing Joe Biden and turning on Donald Trump.
Paul Ryan — the former Wisconsin Republican lawmaker who served as House Speaker before retiring in 2018 — is getting back into politics by hosting a fundraiser for Wyoming GOP Rep. Liz Cheney.
Cheney has faced severe blowback for joining Democrats and voting in favor of impeaching Trump.
The online event, which will take place later this month, will seek support to save Cheney from a primary challenge in her Wyoming district that seeks to oust her from the House next year.
You mean to tell me that a pro-war and pro-amnesty RINO who is hated by Republican voters is supporting another pro-war and pro-amnesty RINO who is also hated by Republican voters? I’m shocked!
Liz Cheney and Paul Ryan are a match made in swamp heaven!!! https://t.co/GKqsVHIOzb
— Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) March 5, 2021
Breitbart News reported:
The fundraiser, a “virtual event,” is slated for Thursday, March 25 at 11 a.m. eastern. The invitation asks donors to give “suggested contributions” of $2,900 to “attend,” or $5,800 to be a “co-host” of the Ryan-Cheney event.
Another interesting detail from the fundraising invitation is that the “Liz Cheney for Wyoming” campaign address to which donors are asked to make checks payable to is in Alexandria, Virginia, a suburb of Washington, DC. The fact that Cheney’s campaign is headquartered in the nation’s capital rather than in the state she purports to represent is something her primary challengers will almost surely use against her.
The news is significant because Cheney is facing multiple primary challenges after she voted to impeach now former President Donald Trump. Trump called her and her fellow Republican impeachment conspirators out in his speech this past weekend at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), naming all 17 House and Senate Republicans who voted to impeach or convict him and saying they need to be removed from office.
Last month, Wyoming Republican officials overwhelmingly voted in favor of censuring Cheney and called on her to resign.
During an interview on Fox News, Cheney told host Chris Wallace that she will not be stepping down after being censured.
Cheney also argued that Trump no longer has a role in the party as a leader.
“I’m not,” declared Cheney, after Wallace asked if she would resign per the state party’s request.
Wallace asked Cheney: “Is this still the party of Donald Trump, and does Marjorie Taylor Greene still hold a solid place in that party?”
“This person does not have a role as the leader of our party going forward,” she said.
After Cheney’s comments, Florida GOP Rep. Matt Gaetz, one of the most active voices against Cheney, responded on Twitter: “Liz Cheney does not speak for me or Wyoming.”
In the state’s censure resolution, the Wyoming GOP accused Cheney of violating “the spirit” of GOP caucus rules by disclosing her intention to impeach Trump “prior to having any evidence presented” in the House of Representatives.
They also accused Cheney of violating the trust of Wyoming voters, and claimed registered Republicans across the state and country were leaving the party because of Cheney.
Furthermore, the committee called on Cheney to “immediately resign from her position and allow the Wyoming Republican Party to nominate her replacement.”