Very Sick Liz Cheney Says Primary Loss Shows GOP Voters and Leadership Are 'Very Sick'

Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) said her double-digit loss to a Trump-backed challenger in Tuesday’s GOP primary showed that “large portions” of the Republican Party are “very sick.”

Cheney made the comments in an interview on ABC’s This Week that will air Sunday, snippets of which were released on Friday and Saturday. In this particular clip, the Wyoming lawmaker was asked what her 37-point loss to attorney Harriet Hageman said about the Republican Party.

“It says that clearly his hold is very strong among some portions of the Republican Party,” she said, referencing former President Donald Trump, who campaigned diligently to force Cheney out of her seat.

Offering an explanation for the large margin she lost by, Cheney noted, “My state of Wyoming is not necessarily a representative, sort of, you know, sample of the party,” to which anchor Jon Karl replied that it is one of the reddest states in the nation.