Wednesday 17 August 2022 06:22 PM Trump calls for the Jan 6 committee to be DISSOLVED after Liz Cheney's ... trends now
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Donald Trump said Liz Cheney's losing her Wyoming at-large House seat in Tuesday's primary sets the stage for the dissolution of the select committee probing the January 6 Capitol riot.
GOP Representative Cheney lost to Trump-backed Harriet Hageman by a landslide 37.4 points.
Trump was overjoyed by Tuesday's election results after making it his revenge mission to get Cheney voted out of her House seat, claiming it was a 'far bigger' loss than he anticipated.
He insisted the election outcome was also a denunciation of the January 6 investigation.
Hageman will almost assuredly win in November's general election in deep red Wyoming, which voted 69.9 percent for Trump in the 2020 presidential election – making it the most pro-MAGA state.
Cheney sealed her fate by continuously breaking with Trump while he was president, voting for his impeachment and becoming one of just two Republicans on the January 6 committee.
Donald Trump said Liz Cheney's primary loss in Wyoming Tuesday night paves the way for the 'dissolution' of the January 6 select committee
The former president claimed that the election was a 'referendum' on the panel trying to peg the Capitol attack last year on Trump
All of these actions led to the Wyoming GOP censuring Cheney despite being a household name in the Cowboy State. It also saw her lose her No. 3 post in the House Republican Conference, being replaced by New York Representative Elise Stefanik as chairwoman.
Trump claimed in a Truth Social post just after midnight that Cheney's defeat paved the way for the dissolution of the January 6 panel.
'I assume that with the very big Liz Cheney loss, far bigger than
