Cheney Sets Second Fundraising Record Amid Feud With GOP

Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) has had her share of differences with Congressional Republican leaders and former President Donald Trump during the first half of the year.

Despite those differences, the Wyoming Congresswoman is raking in campaign donations, according to Fox News.

On Tuesday, the outlet received Cheney’s fundraising totals for the April to June period. As Fox reports, she raised $1.88 million during those three months, surpassing the $1.5 million she raised during the first three months of the year.

Additionally, the roughly $3.5 million she raised during the first six months of the year is more than the $3 million she raised for her 2020 reelection bid.

Cheney, formerly the No. 3 House Republican, was one of 10 Republicans in the lower chamber to vote to impeach Trump on the charge of incitement of insurrection.

In the months following her impeachment vote, Cheney became a vocal critic of Trump’s unfounded claims that the presidential election was stolen through fraud.

House Republicans voted to strip her of her leadership position in May, as IJR reported.

And while a majority of Republicans in the House opposed the creation of a bipartisan commission to investigate the Jan. 6 insurrection, she was one of the 35 Republicans to vote for it. However, Senate Republicans successfully blocked its creation.

Last month, House Democrats advanced legislation to create a select committee to investigate the violence. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) named Cheney as one of her eight appointments to the committee.

As Axios reports, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) will be able to consult on who the five other members on the committee are, but it is unclear if he will weigh in.

In a statement, Cheney said she was “honored to have been named to serve on the January 6th select committee” and that Congress is “obligated to conduct a full investigation of the most serious attack on our Capitol since 1814.”

“What happened on January 6th can never happen again. Those who are responsible for the attack need to be held accountable and this select committee will fulfill that responsibility in a professional, expeditious, and non-partisan manner,” she added.

Cheney’s decision to accept an appointment to the committee from Pelosi led McCarthy to criticize her as he said, “It would seem to me that, since I didn’t hear from her, maybe she’s closer to than us, I don’t know.”