Liz Cheney’s Campaign Announces Fundraising Record Even After GOP Ousted Her from Leadership

Representative Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) announced that her run raised astir $1.9 cardinal successful the 2nd 4th of 2021, a fundraising grounds contempt being ousted by House Republicans from her enactment presumption earlier this year. The magnitude of wealth beats the $1.5 cardinal Cheney raised successful the archetypal 4th of 2021. She besides announced that she has $2.85 cardinal successful currency connected manus for her reelection run successful 2022.

That magnitude besides beats the magnitude raised by Representative Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.), who replaced Cheney arsenic the caput of the House Republican Conference aft the GOP voted to oust Cheney for not backing erstwhile President Donald Trump’s fictions astir the 2020 wide election.

Cheney bushed Stefanik by astir $400,000 successful fundraising past quarter. Stefanik’s second-quarter fundraising haul came successful astatine $1.467 million.

Cheney’s occurrence signals that she inactive has supporters adjacent arsenic a radical of Republicans prepares to superior her for spot successful 2022. She has besides not ruled retired moving for president successful 2024.