The Wyoming state Republican Party formally censured Rep. Liz Cheney Saturday, for her January vote to impeach President Trump for the second time in the U.S. House of Representatives.
With only handful votes countering the censure motion, which passed 59-7, Wyoming’s GOP party has called on Cheney to resign.
Cheney, who easily survived a vote by House Republicans earlier week to strip her of her leadership title, showed no inclination of abiding by the state party’s wishes.
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“My vote to impeach was compelled by the oath I swore to the Constitution,” she said in a statement to Fox News Saturday. “Wyoming citizens know that this oath does not bend or yield to politics or partisanship.”
Cheney has faced surmounting backlash from Trump loyalists, as she was the most senior House Republican to vote in favor of impeaching Trump, following the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol by pro-Trump supporters.
She joined…