Wyoming Senate kills bill backed by Donald Trump Jr. in attempt to defeat Liz Cheney
(CNN)A Wyoming Senate bill to create election runoffs failed on Wednesday, despite Donald Trump Jr.'s campaign to pass it in an attempt to defeat Republican Rep. Liz Cheney in 2022. The vote was 14-15 with one lawmaker excused.
The former president's son has increasingly attacked the No. 3 House Republican since she voted to impeach his father following the deadly attack on the Capitol. Cheney has called the then-president's actions surrounding January 6 a "betrayal" of his oath to the Constitution, and said the former president should not play "a role in the future of the party or the country."
In January, Trump Jr. called into an anti-Cheney rally led by Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz, urging Republicans to coalesce around a single candidate to challenge her. And in March, Trump Jr. publicly pressured the state senators on the committee working on the bill, tweeting their email addresses to his 6.8 million followers.
"Any Republican in Wyoming who does Liz Cheney's bidding and opposes SF145 is turning their back on my father and the entire America First movement," Trump Jr tweeted.
The bill would've forced Cheney and other candidates to receive more than 50% of the vote to win a primary, and potentially pit her against one Trump-backed opponent in a runoff primary election. So far, state Sen. Anthony Bouchard and state Rep. Chuck Gray have said they'll run against Cheney. In deep-red Wyoming, a Democrat is unlikely to win the general election for the state's sole US House seat.
Gray told CNN that he supported the legislation "because Wyoming deserves the ability to choose between the two best candidates for office."
"Liz Cheney's betrayal of our Wyoming values is a clear indicator that runoff elections are needed," he added. "It is no wonder that her team is working behind the scenes to kill this legislation."
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