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    ‘I don’t agree with her on anything,’ California Democrats say of Liz Cheney — as they donate to her race

    by Seema Mehta and Jasper Goodman, Los Angeles Times Jul 30, 2022 5 minutes
    U.S. Representative Liz Cheney, R- Wyo., the vice-chair of the congressional committee investigating Jan. 6, speaks at the Reagan Library on June 29, 2022, as part of its series on the future of the GOP in Simi Valley, California.

    LOS ANGELES — Californians have contributed more to Republican Rep. Liz Cheney than donors from any other state, including her Wyoming home, as the outspoken Trump critic faces an increasingly perilous reelection bid.

    Many California donors, including Hollywood and Silicon Valley moguls, vehemently disagree with most of Cheney’s policies but applaud her fight against former President Donald Trump’s false claim that he won the 2020 election.

    Cheney’s vote to impeach Trump after the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection and her prominent role as vice chair in televised House committee hearings into the attack have boosted her status nationally, even as they have hurt her in Wyoming, where she trails her GOP primary opponent by double digits. In heavily Democratic California, that has translated into donations totaling about $1.2 million.

    Lifelong Democrat Mardy Wasserman, who has sent

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