Wyoming Republicans have sent Rep. Liz Cheney — and the Republican Party — a “massive message” by voting her out of Congress, but it now looks like Cheney is trying to turn this into an Abraham Lincoln moment.
After seeming to compare herself to former President Abraham Lincoln, who “was defeated in elections for the Senate and the House before he won the most important election of all” during a speech Tuesday night, Cheney appeared on NBC’s “TODAY” show Wednesday and told host Savannah Guthrie that she’s “thinking about” a White House run.
Is it possible she didn’t get the message?
On the radio program Wednesday, Glenn Beck and producer Stu Burguiere marveled at Cheney’s tone-deaf response to Tuesday’s devastating defeat, which, surprisingly, was not even the weirdest thing about this election.
“I think a humiliating and devastating loss puts you right where you need to be to launch a presidential campaign. Don’t you think?” Glenn asked.
“Let me ask Beto O’Rourke. Hold on one second. I’ll get him on the phone,” Stu joked. “I mean, really, what is the constituency for a Liz Cheney presidency? She basically runs the state of Wyoming, and her family runs the state of Wyoming, and she got 29% of the vote there. So what is the constituency, other than the possibility of running as an independent candidate to shave votes from Donald Trump?”
“She’s going to be brave and she’s going to take that stage with Donald Trump … She’s going to be the one that takes him on and she will last all of about 45 seconds,” Glenn said. “He will pummel her.”
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