i want wyoming to be protected and i don t feel that liz is doing that job. she stood up for what she believes in. this primary election is over, but now the real work begins. welcome, it is wednesday, august 17th, 9:00 a.m. here in london, 4:00 a.m. in washington, 2:00 a.m. in wyoming where voters have spoken handing former u.s. president donald trump and his supporters perhaps their biggest primary victory yet. just a few months ahead of the midterm elections. trump s most forceful congressional critic liz cheney has lost her house seat. well i won t back down, no, i won t back down cheney conceded to her trump-backed rifle harriet hageman, but issued a rallying call to all americans who care about protecting democracy. cheney is vowing to do everything she can to keep the former u.s. president out of the white house. and steer the republican party away from his lies and influence. jeff zelleeny was there and has that report. reporter: congresswoman liz chen
speech is the reason she lost. two years ago, i won this primary with 73% of the vote. i could easily have done the same again. the path was clear. but it would have required that i go along with president trump s lie about the 2020 election. it would have required that in-abl enable his efforts to unravel our system and attack the foundations of our republic. that was a path i could not and would not take. so cheney will be out of office come january. until then, she continues at co-chair of the january 6 committee. daniella die assist is live on capitol hill this morning. cheney is vowing do everything in her power to keep donald trump from returning to the oval office. reporter: and she chose to go down fighting donald trump until the end as you guys just noted from that speech last night, that she gave look, she is a lee term congresswoman, she voted to impeach donald trump, she is one of the handful of group of republicans who voted impeach donald trump and a lot
find rewards like these and so many more in the xfinity app. liz cheney concedes to her trump-backed rival. harriet hageman beat cheney by more than 2-1. cheney has been one of donald trump s most arrest dents republican critics which she admitted in her concession