Wednesday 17 August 2022 11:37 PM The GOP is 'lost' and has become the 'autocratic party': Ex-Romney advisor says trends now
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Republicans have lost their way with the defeat of Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney, according to ex-Romney strategist Stuart Stevens.
Stevens, who now serves as an advisor to the controversial anti-Trump conservative group Lincoln Project, told CNN on Wednesday: 'I think the party is pretty lost.'
'A Cheney was drummed out of the Republican party. It had nothing to do with policy - she supported Trump's policy, to the extent there was a coherent policy.'
'I think it's a big mistake if we make this too much about Trump because really this is about the complete abandonment of a Republican Party ... abandoning the concept of what it means to operate within a democratic system,' Stevens said. 'Ultimately, this is about the fact that Republicans are unwilling to lose.
Cheney, Wyoming's only House member, was beat out by Trump-backed Harriet Hageman by 37 points after the former vice president's daughter sparred with Trump over his election fraud claims and became a prominent figure on the January 6th committee.
Stuart said that no matter who runs in 2024, it won't be a 'normal race between two political parties with different philosophies' but a 'race to remove an occupier,' since he claimed most of