Cheney reaches out for the cheney democrats.

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Liz Cheney Encourages Wyoming Democrats to Change Parties to Vote for Her
Ms. Cheney, who faces a Trump-backed challenger, has begun mailing Wyoming Democrats instructions on how to change their party affiliation.

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Representative Liz Cheney during a hearing on the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol.
Representative Liz Cheney during a hearing on the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol.Credit...Doug Mills/The New York Times

Reid J. Epstein
By Reid J. Epstein
June 23, 2022
Representative Liz Cheney, a Republican of Wyoming whose polling remains far behind her Trump-endorsed primary challenger as her House committee’s Jan. 6 hearings continue, is urging Democrats in her home state to switch parties to support her in the Aug. 16 primary.

In the last week, Wyoming Democrats have received mail from Ms. Cheney's campaign with specific instructions on how to change their party affiliation to vote for her. Ms. Cheney’s campaign website now has a link to a form for changing parties.

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/23/u...democrats.html

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meanwhile....

Democrats spend millions on Republican primaries
By Dario McCarty
July 15, 2022 11:33 am

Republican Illinois gubernatorial candidate Darren Bailey delivers remarks after receiving an endorsement from former President Donald Trump during a Save America rally in Mendon, Illinois on June 25, 2022 in Mendon, Illinois (Photo by Michael B. Thomas/Getty Images)
Political groups and nonprofits aligned with the Democratic Party have spent nearly $44 million on advertising campaigns across five states’ Republican primaries to boost the profile of far-right candidates in California, Colorado, Pennsylvania, Illinois and Maryland.

Democrats strategy is rooted in the belief that these candidates — many of whom spread unfounded claims that the 2020 presidential race was stolen from former President Donald Trump — will be easier to defeat in a general election.

Democratic spending has helped secure Republican nominations for candidates in Illinois and Pennsylvania.

In Maryland, Democrats are spending on a Republican gubernatorial primary that is still ongoing and is viewed as a tossup. But in California and Colorado, Democrats spent money elevating the profile of candidates who did not advance to the general election.

Democratic spending helps Republican candidates in Illinois and Pennsylvania

In Illinois, Democratic incumbent Gov. J.B. Pritzker and the Democratic Governors Association dropped $35 million on ads attempting to influence Illinois’ Republican gubernatorial primary – more than any office is believed to have ever spent to meddle in another party’s primary – putting Illinois’ gubernatorial race on track to be the most expensive non-presidential election in United States history.

Ads purchased by Pritzker allies attacked the more moderate Aurora Mayor Richard Irvin in the Republican primary and drew attention to the more far-right candidate, state Sen. Darren Bailey. Pritzker’s ad buy for the primaries was more than triple what Bailey had raised for his own campaign.

Bailey, who was endorsed by Trump, rose to prominence in Illinois politics when he co-sponsored a bill that proposed allowing rural Illinois to separate from Chicago and form a “New Illinois” state. After a 2019 state legislative session over a bill guaranteeing Illinois residents abortion rights – which Bailey vehemently opposed – he criticized a fellow lawmaker for having “the gall to bring up the separation of church and state.” Painted on the door of his campaign bus is the Bible verse Ephesians 6:10-19, which calls for followers to wear God’s armor in a battle against “evil rulers.”

Bailey won the nomination with 55.2% of the vote. Although Irvin was leading Bailey in polls as late as May, he came in second with only 18.6% of the vote.

Since winning the nomination, Bailey, a staunch gun rights activist, has already found himself embroiled in controversy after he stated “let’s move on” in a Facebook livestream hours after the Highland Park parade shooting.

https://www.opensecrets.org/news/202...can-primaries/

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this gaming of the system is precisely why totalitarians prefer the false dichotomy of a rigid two party system.

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Liz Cheney Encourages Wyoming Democrats to Change Parties to Vote for Her
Ms. Cheney, who faces a Trump-backed challenger, has begun mailing Wyoming Democrats instructions on how to change their party affiliation.

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This article is part of our Midterms 2022 Daily Briefing

Representative Liz Cheney during a hearing on the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol.
Representative Liz Cheney during a hearing on the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol.Credit...Doug Mills/The New York Times

Reid J. Epstein
By Reid J. Epstein
June 23, 2022
Representative Liz Cheney, a Republican of Wyoming whose polling remains far behind her Trump-endorsed primary challenger as her House committee’s Jan. 6 hearings continue, is urging Democrats in her home state to switch parties to support her in the Aug. 16 primary.

In the last week, Wyoming Democrats have received mail from Ms. Cheney's campaign with specific instructions on how to change their party affiliation to vote for her. Ms. Cheney’s campaign website now has a link to a form for changing parties.

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/23/u...democrats.html

Maybe Cheney should switch parties, wouldn't that be easier and more honest?

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Maybe Cheney should switch parties, wouldn't that be easier and more honest?

yes i think so.