Live Updates: Gaetz slams Cheney after the high-profile House Republican voted to impeach Trump
Cheney has been pilloried by many of her GOP colleagues in the chamber for voting to impeach Trump.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz, one of former President Trump’s top supporters in Congress, held a rally Thursday in Wyoming to blast the state’s sole House member Rep. Liz Cheney.
Gaetz, standing in front of a boisterous crowd gathered at the steps of the Wyoming state capitol, delivered a populist speech as he repeatedly slammed Cheney as a member of the Washington "establishment in both political parties have teamed up to screw our fellow Americans for generations."
FAST FACTS
- A number of high-profile current and former Republicans in Congress have come to her side, as have plenty of former GOP leaders in Wyoming.
- It will be the first impeachment trial of a former U.S. president.
It will be the first impeachment trial of a former U.S. president.
Cheney, the No. 3 House Republican in leadership was one of only 10 Republicans who joined all 222 House Democrats in voting to impeach the president for inciting the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.
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