Liz Cheney, Merrick Garland, and President Abraham Lincoln

Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) gives a concession speech to supporters during a primary night event in Jackson, Wyo., on Aug. 16, 2022. Alex Wong/Getty Images

Commentary

As Congresswoman Liz Cheney was being decisively repudiated by the voters of Wyoming (66 percent to 29 percent is a repudiation), her smug Eastern establishment certainty of moral virtue remained intact.