Letters: U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney’s defeat in her Wyoming primary is a message
It is astounding that the morning after U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney received a trouncing in her Wyoming primary, she would have the audacity to say, “I think I will run for president.”Is that the message she got from her defeat?— Sue Atkenson, FranfortIn the Aug. 15 editorial “Is the GOP blowing its midterm chances?” the Tribune Editorial Board writes, “Job one (for the GOP) is to send Trump packing in some face-saving but determinative way and get behind dignified alternatives.”It would take a tremendous amount of courage for a Republican politician to tell the truth about Donald Trump. U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney has that courage. As a result, she first lost her Republican leadership position in the House, and on Tuesday, she lost the Republican nomination for her Wyoming district’s House seat.So R...