August 15, 2022 |
Liz Cheney needs a cavalry to rescue her flailing re-election campaign at this point.
Surrounded and cut off by the voters she claims to represent, Cheney appears headed to a Custer-sized rout in Tuesday’s primary. The help that arrived over the weekend likely won’t save the day. Cheney pick up a last-minute, celebrity endorsement that might cost her as many votes as it generates. Al Franken, the Minnesota Democrat who in 2018 resigned in shame and embarrassment from the Senate, tweeted his support.
Franken’s Saturday morning tweet read, “I’ve decided to support Rep. Liz Cheney for the Republican nomination for House seat in Wyoming [sic] it’s my first time endorsing in a GOP primary. But I think Al Franken’s support will carry a lot of weight with WY Republicans.”
Franked was forced to resign after a photograph of him surfaced where he appears to be touching the breasts of a woman who is sleeping on a military flight coming home from a USO Tour. The woman later accused Franken of other incidents of sexual harassment during the tour.
Franken was also accused of voter fraud after his 312-vote Senate win in 2018 was saved by absentee ballots were found in a car trunk.
Texas Senator Ted Cruz responded to the endorsement by retweeting it with the wry observation, “Kinda says it all.”
Meanwhile, Cheney’s political allies in Barack Obama’s-inner circle have begun making excuses for what looks like Cheney’s almost certain drubbing in tomorrow’s primary. Veteran Washington Beltway Democrat David Axelrod tweeted out that Cheney “is not able to campaign at open public events in Wyoming because of threats to her safety.” Stoking the flames, Axelrod added, “This, in the United States of America, folks. Think about that.”
The story in Wyoming is much different. Party regulars say Cheney has ignored repeated invitations to attend events in Wyoming, not out of fear of violence, but from not wanting to answer tough questions about her votes to impeach Donald Trump.
Pictured above: Liz Cheney. File photo.
