Saturday 28 May 2022 08:49 PM GOP Rep. slams Liz Cheney as 'worst candidate for Wyoming' ahead of Trump rally ... trends now
Republican Rep. Andy Biggs of Arizona accused his fellow GOP lawmaker Rep. Liz Cheney of Wyoming of trying to 'destroy' the GOP and Congress itself in a conversation with DailyMail.com ahead of his speech at Donald Trump's rally in Casper, Wyoming.
The former House Freedom Caucus chair tore into the Wyoming conservative, claiming that her Trump-backed rival Harriet Hageman is an 'America first-er' who better understands the Republican base.
'Liz Cheney is the worst candidate for Wyoming,' Biggs said.
'Harriet is going to be an America first-er. I mean, she gets the policies that I think the conservative populist movement is taking hold of. I really, really think she gets it, and she's going to carry it forward and advocate for it in Congress.'
He added, 'And Liz Cheney, instead of trying to work with the Republican Party and build it up in Congress, is now trying to actively destroy - not just the party, but the institution itself.'
Biggs is among several high-profile speakers the former president invited to Saturday's rally, Trump's first appearance in Wyoming for Hageman since recruiting her to run against Cheney in the August 16 Republican primary.
House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy, who also turned against Cheney to endorse Hageman, is expected to make a video address.
Donald Trump is making his first appearance in Wyoming on Harriet Hageman's behalf on Saturday as she seeks to unseat Rep. Liz Cheney in the state's upcoming August 16 primary
His supporters filed into the Ford Wyoming Center on Saturday afternoon, where a high-profile list of speakers are expected to address the crowd
Pro-Trump firebrand Reps. Lauren Boebert of Colorado, as well as Matt Gaetz and Kate Cammack of Florida are due to speak in-person.
Cheney has become one of Trump's biggest sources of rage after the three-term congresswoman defected from MAGA Republicans and became one of the two GOP members to join the Democrat-led committee probing the January 6 Capitol riot.
Trump's animus against the conservative lawmaker appears to be what drew him to pull Hageman into the race - a former ally of Cheney's who unsuccessfully ran for Wyoming governor in 2018.
Cheney, the state's lone House representative, is facing an uphill battle ahead of the race. She was removed from her leadership role heading the House GOP Conference last year over her criticism of Trump and cooperation with Democrats' January 6 investigation.
Rep. Andy Biggs, one of the speakers, told DailyMail.com that Rep. Cheney 'left' the Republican Party behind
But Biggs told DailyMail.com on Saturday that he believes it was Cheney who abandoned Republicans rather than the party casting her out.
'She left the conference a year ago or more, and she basically said that she didn't want to be part
