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Editorial: Liz Cheney vs. Trump. Will the GOP get on the right side of this fight?

Rep. Cheney was defeated in her primary race by Wyoming Republican congressional candidate Harriet Hageman.

It would be easy to dismiss Liz Cheney’s post-primary crusade against Donald Trump as a quixotic campaign doomed to falter in the face of a Republican Party resigned to follow the former president, come what may.

The task is Sisyphean, without a doubt. But it’s also necessary. For the GOP, and for the country.

Cheney’s loss to Trump loyalist Harriet Hageman hardly came as a surprise. Predictions of a landslide victory were realized as

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