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Rep. Liz Cheney faces uphill battle in Wyoming

Wyoming congresswoman Liz Cheney is facing an uphill battle ahead of August's Republican primary election. A recent poll conducted by Quinnipiac University found that only 17% of Republicans across the U.S. approve of her job on the January 6 committee, while 61% disapprove. Red and Blue's Nikole Killion interviews Victoria Eavis, a state politics reporter for the Casper Star-Tribune, about Cheney's standing in the state of Wyoming.

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Liz Cheney on Jan. 6 insurrection and the "ongoing threat"

Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney, one of two Republicans on the House Select Committee investigating the January 6 insurrection and its attempt to overturn Donald Trump's election loss, talks with CBS News' Robert Costa about what the upcoming hearings will reveal to the American people about the threat to democracy. She also says there is a GOP "cult of personality" around Trump, presenting a moral test that the Republican Party is "failing."

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