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Repeated attacks by former President Donald Trump as he tries to oust Rep. Liz Cheney from Congress keep fueling massive fundraising by the Republican lawmaker from Wyoming.

Cheney the most high-profile of the 10 House Republicans who voted 15 months ago toimpeach Trump for allegedly sparking the Jan. 6, 2021, attack at the U.S. Capitol on Monday reported hauling in $2.94 million in the January-March first quarter as she runs for re-election this year.

The three-term conservative congresswoman who represents Wyomings at-large district also reported holding $6.8 million cash on hand in her campaign coffers as of the end of March. Cheney raised $1.5 million, $1.9 million, $1.7 million, and just over $2 million in the four fundraising quarters of 2021. Cheneys new fundraising figures were first reported by Politico and confirmed by Fox News.

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Cheney released her fundraising figures a couple of days afterHarriet Hageman, the leading Republican candidate challenging Cheney, announced that she brought in roughly over $1.3 million the past three months, according to figures shared first with Fox News. Hageman, whos backed by Trump, also reported just over $1 million cash on hand.

Rep. Liz Cheney speaks during a business meeting of the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the U.S. Capitol on Oct. 19, 2021. (Sarah Silbiger/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Cheney, a longtime vocal GOP Trump critic, was the most senior of the 10 House Republicans who voted to impeach the then-president on a chargeof inciting the deadly attack on the U.S. Capitol by right-wing extremists and other Trump supporters who aimed to disrupt congressional certification of now-President Biden's Electoral College victory in the 2020 election.

Cheney, a conservative lawmaker and defense hawk whosthe daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney, immediately came under verbal attack from Trump and his allies, and last May was ousted from her number-three House GOP leadership position.

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Cheney, whos been very vocal in emphasizing the importance of defending the nation's democratic process and of putting country before party, is one of only two Republicans serving on a special select committee organized by House Democrats to investigate the storming of the U.S. Capitol.

Republican congressional candidate Harriet Hageman speaks with voters at an Albany County GOP breakfast in Laramie, Wyoming, on Jan. 8, 2022. (Harriet Hageman congressional campaign)

Trump, stepping up his efforts to oust Cheney from Congress, endorsed Hageman as she entered the race. And the former president and his allies successfully urged some, but not all, of the other anti-Cheney candidates to drop out of the primary and coalesce around Hageman. The highest profile of those staying in the race is state Sen. Anthony Bouchard, a strong supporter of the former president.

The Republican National Committee in February censured Cheney over her role on the Jan. 6 committee. Defending herself, the congresswoman said at the time, "Im a constitutional conservative and I do not recognize those in my party who have abandoned the Constitution to embrace Donald Trump."

LIZ CHENEY HAULS IN OVER $7 MILLION LAST YEAR AS SHE FENDS OFF PUSH BY TRUMP TO OUST HER FROM CONGRESS

Cheney caught a break last month when the Wyoming legislature decided against scrapping same-day party registration in primaries, which would have prevented Democrats from crossing party lines and registering as Republicans to vote for Cheney in the states Aug. 16 primary. The move by Wyomings legislature was seen as a defeat for Trump and his allies, who pushed to end same-day party registration.

Cheneys first-quarter haul was boosted by a lucrative fundraiser on her behalf headlined last month by Sen. Mitt Romney of Utah, the 2012 GOP presidential nominee and a vocal Republican Trump critic.

Sen. Mitt Romney walks through the Senate subway on his way to a security briefing on Russias invasion of Ukraine on Capitol Hill, March 30, 2022. (Reuters/Elizabeth Frantz)

Former President George W. Bush, and former Republican House Speakers John Boehner and Paul Ryan, have also helped raise campaign cash for Cheney.

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Hagemans first-quarter haul was boosted by three top-dollar fundraisers on her behalf. They were a fundraiser in Miami hosted by PayPal co-founder and billionaire venture capitalist Peter Thiel, who's a Trump ally; a fundraiser at the former presidents Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida, hosted by Sen. Rand Paul, where Trump made an appearance; and a fundraiser in the nations capital headlined by House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif.

McCarthy is one of dozens of House Republicans who are backing Hageman in her push to oust Cheney.

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And as hes done many times, Paul is not budging under growing bipartisan pressure.

Somebody ought to read the bills, dont you think? Paul said in a brief interview, dismissing his colleagues posture on Ukraine as saber-rattling. Most of this is symbolic.

In many ways its vintage Paul: Stake out an outlier position and stick with it, disregarding the ensuing barrage of internal criticism. The Kentuckian was the only Republican senator to leave his name off a recent statement opposing a new nuclear deal with Iran.

Then there was late last year, when he was the face of opposition to additional funding for Israels Iron Dome missile defense system just as his party was criticizing Biden and Democrats for not supporting Israel enough. He also rose to prominence with his stand with Rand filibuster against the nomination of John Brennan to be CIA director, and he single-handedly caused a brief government shutdown in 2018 over his demands for an amendment.

Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) speaks during a Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee hearing on Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2022 on Capitol Hill.|Greg Nash/AP Photo

But his latest rebellion comes at a perilous time, both for the world and for Republican messaging efforts. The GOP drumbeat of criticism casting Biden as slow and ineffective raged for weeks, and now a member of their own party is getting in the way of one of the few meaningful actions Congress can take in response to Russias invasion of Ukraine. Its possible that passage of the trade bill, a top priority of Bidens, could slip late into April at this point.

On Monday, Republicans aired long-building exasperation with Paul, with Senate Minority Whip John Thune (R-S.D.) simply throwing up his arms when asked if there was anything GOP leaders could do to move him. Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), who recently traveled to Poland, said Paul has the right to do it, but its not helpful for her partys message.

And after a lengthy sigh, Sen. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) put it even more bluntly when asked about Paul: Its what weve come to expect.

Theres a constant mismatch between what Republicans say and do on Ukraine, said Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), citing the large numbers of GOP lawmakers who opposed a wide-ranging spending bill that sent $14 billion in aid to Ukraine. When they have a chance, over and over again Republicans are not voting for the things Ukraine needs.

But some Republicans said it was simply a matter of Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer prioritizing the trade bill and dismissed suggestions that Pauls holdup undermined their messaging effort. Schumer could have allocated enough floor time to overcome Pauls objections rather than counting on a fast-tracked process that requires unanimous support, they pointed out.

Weve been remarkably unified as a party, said Sen. Rob Portman (R-Ohio), who has been one of the GOPs leading voices on Ukraine. But, as Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) put it, each individual senator is a free agent.

Because of the way the chamber operates, scheduling a quick vote requires consent from all 100 senators. Schumer could schedule a separate vote on the legislation that wouldnt require unanimous support, but it would tie up the Senate floor for as long as a week. And that could complicate Democrats efforts to confirm Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court before the forthcoming Easter recess.

I dont begrudge senators expressing themselves. I dont think we ought to censor different points of view, Cornyn said. Its just a matter of Sen. Schumer making it a priority and jumping through all the hoops.

Whats more, Republicans say they wouldnt necessarily support moving the trade bill on its own, and they cant pass both at the same time if the trade bill has to go through the typical floor process. Sen. Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) spent days negotiating an agreement to move both the trade legislation and a bill banning Russian oil imports; he said trying to push through just the trade bill would break that agreement.

It wouldnt work, Crapo said. He insisted that he was still discussing the situation with Paul.

Paul was the lone objector to speeding up the Senates consideration last week of a House-passed bill to suspend normal trade relations with Russia and Belarus. The House bill cleared that chamber with 424 votes, and the eight lawmakers who opposed it all Republicans took issue with the bills reauthorization and expansion of the Global Magnitsky Act, a landmark 2016 law that allows the president to punish human-rights abusers worldwide.

Pauls objections stem from similar concerns, and he has refused to agree to a quick vote unless the underlying legislation is changed. Last week, Schumer proposed that the Senate vote on a Paul-authored amendment to the bill in exchange for moving it quickly, but Paul rejected that offer.

The late Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) co-authored the Magnitsky Act, and it has enjoyed broad support from both parties over the years. But some conservatives have argued that the expansion approved by the House would allow the president to pursue sanctions based on political ideology or social agendas.

On Monday, Paul said Senate leaders havent been too interested in a compromise and reiterated his concerns that the Magnitsky Act provisions in the trade bill have no restrictions or restraint. There have to be some rules.

Im not against the content of what theyre doing. I told them they could have it, if they define this, he added.

Regardless of Pauls push, however, his proposed changes are going nowhere no matter how long it takes for the Senate to finish up the bill aimed at debilitating Russias economy.

To think that he stopped the process on an amendment that lost in committee, 19-1, said Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.). It just tells you what can happen around here when people abuse the authority they have as senator.

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Rand Pauls wife, Kelley, got a jumpstart on marking Transgender Day of Visibility by firing off a psychotic tweet ranting and raving about Chinese third graders, math, and men having babies.

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Yesterday, Mrs. Paul tweeted: Chinese third graders are learning multi-variable calculus. Our third graders are being taught that men can have babies. This will not end well.

OK first, we would like to meet these Chinese third graders learning multi-variable calculus. Second, sex ed is definitely not being taught to third graders in the United States. And third, Kelleys tweet, like Kelley herself, is complete garbage. Sadly, its right on brand for the extreme right-wing activist and frequent guest on Fox News.

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Mrs. Paul has quite a history of saying stupid things on social media. Last week, she tweeted about her outrage over an elementary school in Austin, Texas that held a Pride parade for students back in April 2021. Last month, she tweeted her support for transphobic childrens author JK Rowling. And last year, she accused 80s singer Richard Marx, best known for his 1989 worldwide hit single Right Here Waiting, of trying to get her husband killed.

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Were sure Kelleys transphobic tweet being fired off the day before Transgender Day of Visibility, an annual event occurring on March 31 that celebrates trans people and raises awareness of the discrimination they still face worldwide, was no coincidence.

Now, some responses

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WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)Calling her decision to vote for the confirmation of Ketanji Brown Jackson totally unacceptable, Senate Republicans are punishing Susan Collins by forcing her to sit next to Rand Paul.

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell announced Collinss sentence from the well of the Senate, declaring, By sitting next to Rand Paul, Susan Collins is paying the ultimate price.

After a few days and weeks of hearing Rand natter on in that grating way of his, maybe shell start to think about what she has done and whether it was truly worth it, he said.

Speaking to reporters, Collins appeared shaken by the Republican leaderships decision to seat her next to the Kentucky senator.

Clearly, this is going to be awful, but Im trying to look on the bright side, she said. At least Im not sitting next to Josh Hawley.

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AMAC Exclusive By Seamus Brennan

For decades, in the eyes of many conservatives, establishment Republican candidates and officeholders have remained steadfastly beholden to their own political fortunes and outdated dogmas at the expense of the needs and values of the Americans they have claimed to represent. But with the rise of the Tea Partyand later the ascendancy of President Donald Trumps America First agendathat all started to change. Among the most notable Republicans who have bucked this establishment are Senators Josh Hawley (R-MO), Tom Cotton (R-AR), Ron Johnson (R-WI), and Rand Paul (R-KY). These senators, and others like them, represent a GOP grounded in courage, principle, and public serviceall attributes that conservatives are hopeful their party will embrace in 2022.

Since he was elected to the Senate in 2018, Josh Hawley has consistently stood on the front lines of some of the most contentious cultural and political disputes of the last several years and has repeatedly made clear that he understands the stakes of the present moment. For years the politics of both left and right have been informed by a political consensus that reflects the interests not of the American middle, but of a powerful upper class and their cosmopolitan priorities, Hawley remarked at the 2019 National Conservatism Conference.

Hawleys chief legislative priority throughout his time in the Senate has been breaking up Big Tech giants. In Hawleys view, these Big Tech behemoths have been granted permission by Washington politicians to censor political opinions they dont agree with and shut out competitors who offer consumers an alternative to the status quo.

Hawley has also been forthright about his disappointment with ostensibly conservative members of the Supreme Court when they fail to abide by the constitutional principles they vowed to uphold. Following the Courts controversial Bostock v. Clayton County decision, for instance, in which the Court bizarrely held that sexual orientation and gender identity were protected classes under the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (even though the law itself made no mention of such characteristics), Hawley took to the Senate floor to denounce the decision as the end of the conservative legal movementsignaling a significant break with other Republican members who instead opted to remain silent on the matter.

Hawleys colleague Tom Cotton, who has served as the junior senator from Arkansas since 2014, has similarly been a fierce advocate for a more assertive Republican Party that knows how to effectively take the offensive. Were the party of the common man, the worker, the farmer, the cop on the beat, Cotton recently said at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library. Unlike Democrats, we remember the forgotten man.

During the riot-filled summer of 2020, when so-called moderate Republicans like Senator Mitt Romney of Utah were seen proudly linking arms and marching with supporters of the Black Lives Matter movement (which had played a role in tormenting Americas cities with looting and arson for weeks on end), Cotton took to the pages of the New York Times to publish a strongly-worded op-ed calling for a restoration of law and order. In the op-ed, Cotton called for send[ing] in the troops, even if many politicians prefer to wring their hands while the country burns.

Predictably, the op-ed earned Cotton an endless flood of vitriol from the political left and the media class: as a result of the lefts uproar, the Times eventually added an editors note at the front of the article, which claimed the piece should not have been published.

Some longer-serving members of the Senate have also become forceful leaders of the modern conservative movement in recent years. Ron Johnson, the senior senator from Wisconsin, and Rand Paul, the junior senator from Kentuckyboth of whom have served since 2011have been strong Republican voices against draconian COVID-19 mandates and Dr. Anthony Faucis domineering role in the federal governments COVID response.

Johnson was among the first in Congress to demand answers on the origins of COVID. He was consequently dismissed by the New York Times as a foremost amplifier of conspiracy theories and disinformation for suggesting the virus originated in a Chinese labeven though, of course, such conspiracy theories and disinformation have since turned out to be not only plausible, but likely. Rare was the Republican who backed Senator Johnson, even once it became clear that China was hiding something about the origins of the virus. The Wisconsin Republican has established himself as a fighterless flashy than some of his colleagues, but one who has earned the respect and gratitude of conservatives everywhere.

Similar to Johnsons courage on COVID, Rand Paulhimself a licensed physicianintroduced legislation to repeal Washington, D.C.s vaccine mandates and has repeatedly clashed with Fauci during committee hearings, indicating loudly and clearly that he will not kowtow to, in his words, the unscientific and capricious rules promulgated by Fauci and other unelected medical bureaucrats. Johnson and Paul have also taken the lead on holding Biden accountable by launching investigations into the Biden familys foreign connections and being some of the most vocal opponents of the administrations progressive agenda.

Ultimately, Republicans like Senators Hawley, Cotton, Johnson, and Paul are slowly but successfully leading the Senate out of the establishment mold that has for too long hindered the partys ability to effectively represent its constituents. And so far, a handful of promising Republican candidates for Congress like Blake Masters (Arizona), J.D. Vance (Ohio), and Joe Kent (Washington) have embraced this model of conservatism. If recent polling of these candidates and others like them is any indication, it may soon be that an America First platform is the rule, rather than the exception, for elected Republicans.

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