怀俄明州卡斯珀——怀俄明州的一些当地共和党官员宣布,由于利兹·切尼投票弹劾,他们将不再承认她为党员唐纳德·特朗普。
“用美利坚合众国第45任总统唐纳德·特朗普不朽的话来说...“你被解雇了!”“阅读最近朴槿惠和碳排放县共和党官员写给切尼的信。
怀俄明州有23个主要是农村的县,公园县和碳县的官员上周一致投票支持对切尼的最新形式的谴责。
今年2月,该州共和党以压倒性多数投票谴责切尼投票弹劾特朗普在1月6日美国国会大厦骚乱中的作用。
今年5月,华盛顿特区的共和党人投票罢免了切尼的众议院共和党第三号领导职务,此前她一直批评特朗普制造骚乱,并指责特朗普毫无根据地声称选民欺诈剥夺了他的连任机会。
怀俄明州的投票在很大程度上是象征性的。共和党可以以各种方式撤回或拒绝共和党官员和候选人的支持,但不能将任何人驱逐出党。
切尼形容她投票弹劾和批评特朗普是将原则和美国宪法置于前总统之上。
切尼的发言人杰里米·阿德勒对《卡斯珀星报-论坛报》说:“利兹将继续为怀俄明州的所有人民而战。“她知道,她和所有当选的官员都受美国宪法规定的职责约束,而不是对一个人盲目忠诚。”
怀俄明州其他县的共和党人要求获得碳县共和党决议的副本,碳县共和党主席乔伊·科伦迪预测,“至少有三四个”可能很快会通过类似的决议。
至少有七名共和党人在明年的共和党初选中与切尼竞选。特朗普表示,他计划在未来几个月内支持切尼的一个对手。
尽管如此,切尼还是报告了创纪录的筹款,远远超过了她的任何竞争对手。
Liz Cheney's Trump vote prompts new Wyoming censure effort
CASPER, Wyo. -- Some local Republican Party officials in Wyoming have announced they will no longer recognize Liz Cheney as a party member because of her vote to impeachDonald Trump.
“In the immortal words of the 45th President of the United States of America, Donald J. Trump ...'You’re Fired!'” read recent letters to Cheney from GOP officials in Park and Carbon counties.
Wyoming has 23 mainly rural counties and the officials in Park and Carbon counties voted unanimously over the last week in favor of the latest form of censure against Cheney.
In February, the state GOP voted overwhelmingly to censure Cheney for her vote to impeach Trump for his role in the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol riot.
In May, Republicans in Washington, D.C., voted to remove Cheney from her No. 3 House GOP leadership position after she maintained criticism of Trump for the riot and for his baseless assertions that voter fraud deprived him of re-election.
The Wyoming votes are largely symbolic. The Republican Party can withdraw or withhold support from GOP officeholders and candidates in a variety of ways but can’t oust anybody from the party.
Cheney has described her vote to impeach and criticism of Trump as putting principle and the U.S. Constitution above the former president.
“Liz will continue to fight for all the people of Wyoming,” Cheney spokesman Jeremy Adler told the Casper Star-Tribune. “She knows that she and all elected officials are bound by their duty under the U.S. Constitution, not by blind loyalty to one man.”
Republicans in other Wyoming counties have requested copies of the Carbon County GOP resolution and “at least three or four” are likely to pass similar resolutions soon, Carbon County Republican Party Chairman Joey Correnti predicted.
At least seven Republicans are running against Cheney in next year's GOP primary. Trump has said he plans to endorse one of Cheney's opponents within the next few months.
Cheney nonetheless has reported record fundraising, far exceeding of any of her competitors so far.