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Outgoing Wyoming congresswoman Liz Cheney (R) awkwardly invoked United States President Abraham Lincoln during her concession speech after a sound defeat in Tuesday night’s primary election.
Cheney suggested her devastating loss to MAGA candidate Harriet Hageman does not signal the end of the road for her politically, much like Lincoln who lost several elections before ascending to the presidency.
“The great and original champion of our party, Abraham Lincoln, was defeated in elections for the Senate and the House before he won the most important election of all,” Cheney told supporters in Jackson, Wyoming.
Liz Cheney: “Abraham Lincoln was defeated in elections for the Senate and House before he won the most important election of all.” pic.twitter.com/VbTjCx4afC
— Greg Price (@greg_price11) August 17, 2022
“Lincoln ultimately prevailed, he saved our union, and he defined our obligation as Americans for all of history.”
“Speaking at Gettysburg of the great task remaining before us, Lincoln said that, ‘We here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain, that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom, and that government of the people, by the people, and for the people, shall not perish from this earth.’ As we meet here tonight, that remains our greatest and most important task,” she stated.
The comparison to arguably one of the greatest presidents in US history was widely mocked on social media.
— George Alexopoulos (@GPrime85) August 17, 2022
Liz Cheney really compared herself to Lincoln… LMFAO. That CNN & MSDNC fluffing really got to her carpetbagger/warmonger head. pic.twitter.com/vuwvDnLIeV
— Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) August 17, 2022
A clear message is being sent about what the Republican Party needs to be.
It’s not anything like liar Liz Cheney, who is nothing like Abraham Lincoln.
— Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene
(@RepMTG) August 17, 2022
Liz Cheney got blown out in this election… then compared herself to Abraham Lincoln… she’s fucking delusional.
— Tim Young (@TimRunsHisMouth) August 17, 2022
Someone should inform Liz Cheney that Abraham Lincoln would have voted for Harriet Hageman.
— Nick Adams (@NickAdamsinUSA) August 17, 2022
Liz Cheney’s political career began in 2014 when she announced a run for senate in Wyoming with a Facebook post geotagged to McLean, Virginia.
It ended with her comparing herself to Abraham Lincoln after losing her congressional seat by over 35 points.
— Greg Price (@greg_price11) August 17, 2022
The remarks also prompted many to question whether she was considering a bid for the presidency, which she confirmed she was “thinking about” in a Wednesday interview with NBC’s Today Show.
Elsewhere in her speech, Cheney also compared herself to the 18th US president and Union Army commanding general Ulysses S. Grant for her relentless opposition of President Donald Trump.
But wait, she’s not done yet.
Liz Cheney went on to compare her fight to never let Trump become president again to Ulysses S. Grant marching south in the Battle of the Wilderness. pic.twitter.com/CnZzkpdyil
— Greg Price (@greg_price11) August 17, 2022
Evidently, Cheney is oblivious it’s that very opposition to Trump and her position on the Jan. 6 Committee that cost her the election.
Liz Cheney didn’t lose because she took on Trump. She lost because she took on her own constituents. She refused to represent them. She came to believe she was better than them. She alone possessed and upheld the truth. Today the voters put an end to this delusional bullsh*t
— Dinesh D’Souza (@DineshDSouza) August 17, 2022
Watch Cheney’s concession speech in full below:
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