Commentary
As was predicted by nearly everyone, Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) was crushed in the Wyoming GOP primary on Aug. 16 by Trump-endorsed Harriet Hageman.
In the run-up to the election, psephologists put Hageman, a lawyer who actually lives and works in and for Wyoming, some 20-odd points ahead of the anti-Trump crusader Cheney.
In the event, Hageman won by more than 37 points.
This election was a definitive repudiation of Cheney by the voters of Wyoming.
But it was much more than that as well.
It was a biopsy, a core sample of an important part of the American political consensus.
Yes, Wyoming is a deep red, pro-Trump state….