Rep. Liz Cheneyâs (R-Wyo.) primary loss garnered a range of reactions across the political spectrum.
Conservatives mocked her while other commentators lamented the state of the Republican Party.
Greg Gutfeld, host of the wildly popular late-night show âGutfeld!â, displayed no remorse for the Wyoming Congresswomanâs loss.
âShe compared this to the Civil War,â Gutfeld said on Wednesday.
He continued, âShe is nuts, OK? Sheâs overtaken with such obsession and such emotional bitterness that she has this kind of grandiose view of herself and itâs actually now getting embarrassing. Itâs embarrassing for her. I wish she had a friend that could take her aside, and say, âYouâve got to calm down. Donât run for office. Youâre not going to get a national office â at best, youâre going to get Office Depot.â
âThe Republicans hate you, the Democrats donât want you, this is all driven by some emotional brokenness that happened from Trump,â Gutfeld added.
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He went on to blast Cheney for appearing to compare herself to Abraham Lincoln.
âPeople say that Trump has an ego, but when he says stuff like that, itâs usually with a wink, and then everybodyâs laughing. Thereâs nothing in her eye but spite. Itâs such a personal vendetta from day one,â Gutfeld said.
Cheney lost her primary bid to Harriet Hageman by roughly 40 points.
CNN senior data reporter Harry Enten reports that her loss âappears to be the second worst for a House incumbent in the last 60 years, when you look at races featuring only one incumbent.â
In her concession speech on Tuesday, Cheney noted she won her last primary election with 73% of the vote and argued she could have easily won this time. However, she said, âThe path was clear. But it would have required that I go along with President Trumpâs lie about the 2020 election. It would have required that I enable his ongoing efforts to unravel our democratic system and attack the foundations of our republic.â
âThat was a path I could not and would not take,â she added.
The Congresswoman also referenced Lincoln and Ulysses S. Grant.
Cheney was one of 10 House Republicans who voted to impeach former President Donald Trump after the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol.
Since her impeachment vote, she has become a vocal opponent of Trump and branded him a âdomestic threat,â and members of her party who support him have not been spared her criticism either.
