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Liz Cheney slams Joe Biden's energy policies, GOP supporters say it's a 'futile attempt to cover your b**t'

The Wyoming representative has faced a massive backlash from her own party and supporters after she supported Trump's impeachment

Wyoming Republican Representative Liz Cheney has faced a massive backlash from her own party for backing the impeachment of former President Donald Trump in the House on charges of inciting the insurrection at the Capitol on January 6. She has also been censured by the GOP chapter in her own state and the observers are less confident about the prominent lawmaker winning her re-election bid next year.

Amid the uproar, Cheney on Thursday, February 11, expressed her disappointment over President Joe Biden’s energy policies saying they would be “catastrophic” for energy-reliant states like Wyoming that depend on fossil fuels. “President Biden’s actions are catastrophic for energy states like ours that rely on revenue from fossil fuels. Losing that revenue is devastating and our students’ futures are at stake... Wyoming schools receive nearly $740 million from oil and gas revenues each year,” the 54-year-old said. But not many were convinced with her words, with one saying the stance was “a little too late”. 

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Cheney, who is also the chair of the House Republican Conference, has slammed Biden’s moves like signing an executive order to shut the Keystone XL pipeline. She also made a post on Facebook where she said: “The negative ramifications from the #BidenBan will be felt all across the country. Our nation will be more dependent on our adversaries, families will face higher energy bills, and an estimated million jobs will be lost — including 18,000 here in Wyoming.”

Biden's policies will cost US a million jobs: Cheney

Cheney, who is the daughter of former president Dick Cheney, has claimed that Biden’s moratorium on oil and gas leases on federal lands will cost the country jobs worth a million. Last month, her office said Cheney will serve on the Congressional Western Caucus’s executive committee and will work on defending Wyoming’s energy and agricultural industries. “The Western Caucus advocates on behalf of key issues that impact Wyoming and the West. I look forward to continuing to fight for Wyoming’s agriculture and energy industries, and ensuring our priorities are at the forefront of every debate,” it said, adding that under the Democrats’ regime, rural US has come under attack.

Cheney, however, is not the only Republican politician from the Equality State to criticize Biden’s energy policies. Earlier this month, Senator John Barrasso hit out at the president for “taking a sledgehammer to the economy”. Wyoming Governor Mark Gordon also targeted the lease ban saying it was a “direct ban on Wyoming”. Jillian Balow, the state’s superintendent, said the ban posed a threat to the funding of the schools based in Wyoming.

But Cheney, the third-ranking GOP leader in the House who has remained defiant despite the pressure and censure she has faced from Wyoming Republicans and colleagues in the House over her support for Trump’s impeachment, has failed to win enough hearts in the Republican camp. 

Reactions on Twitter to her pledge to take on Biden’s energy policies showed that the Wyoming lawmaker’s road ahead is still set to be bumpy. The question remains whether her efforts will be appreciated by the voters in Wyoming or her attack on Trump will overshadow them. Here are some reactions that Cheney faced on Twitter: