Cheney projected to lose Wyoming, Murkowski and Palin advance in Alaska

ABC’s Zohreen Shah discusses Rep. Liz Cheney’s plans after her loss and breaks down results in Alaska.
3:54 | 08/17/22

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KENNETH? >> JOHN CARL, THANK YOU, LET'S BRING IN ABC NEWS ZIRIN SHOT WITH MORE HERE IN WASHINGTON. ZIRIN, GOOD TO SEE, WHAT IS NEXT FOR CONGRESSWOMAN LIZ CHENEY AFTER THIS LOSS? >> KENNETH, ALWAYS FEEL LIKE I'M TALK ABOUT CHRISTMAS IN JULY HERE. THE 2024 RACE IS ALREADY BEING TALKED ABOUT. SHE'S GOING TO LAUNCH AN ANTI TRUMP GROUPS TO OPPOSE TRUMPS LIKELY 2024 RACES. SHE SAID SHE'S GOING TO DO THAT IN THE COMING WEEKS. SHE REALLY WANTS TO EDUCATE PEOPLE, HER TEAM SAYS, I MUCH HE CALLS THE ONGOING THREAT TO THE REPUBLIC. NOW, AS FOR HER, IF SHE'S THINKING ABOUT 2024, AND SHE TOLD ANOTHER OUT THIS MORNING SHE IS THINKING ABOUT IT. COULD SHE WINDOW? A LOT OF EXPERTS HAVE SAID, YOU SAW THE RESULTS, YOU SEE THEM ON YOUR BOARD, SHE LOST BY A LANDSLIDE. EXPERTS BELIEVE THAT SHE MIGHT BE ABLE TO MAYBE HOLD TRUMP BACK IN SOME WAYS AND MAKE IT A LITTLE HARDER FOR HIM IF, IN FACT, HE DOES ALSO RUN IN 2024. >> I THINK WE WILL BE WATCHING. WE KNOW THAT CHENEY IS THE VICE CHAIR OF THE HOUSE COMMITTEE INVESTIGATING THE ATTACK ON THE CAPITOL. WHAT COULD HER LOSS MEAN FOR THE INVESTIGATION? >> YOU HEARD JONATHAN CARL A COUPLE SECONDS AGO, SHE HAD FOUR MONTHS LEFT. SHE'S EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ON THE JERRY SIX COMMITTEE. SHE'S EXPRESSED HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO HER. DESPITE THAT LOSS LAST NIGHT, SHE REALLY WANTS TO FIGHT TO KEEP TRUMP FROM RUNNING AGAIN. SHE WANTS TO KEEP TRUMP FROM DOMINATING THE PARTY. SHE WILL BE CONTINUING ON THE JERRY SIXTH COMMITTEE. >> WE KNOW THAT HAGMAN, THE WOMAN WHO BEAT LIZ CHENEY, FIRST BEFORE DECIDING TO RUN AGAINST IN THE RACE, SHE IS ALSO ECHOED TRUMP'S LIES ABOUT THE 2020 ELECTION. WHAT DOES THAT TELL YOU, ZOHREEN, ABOUT HER AND TRUMP'S IMPACT ON THIS RACE? >> THAT IS ONE MOST FASCINATING THINGS. HAGEMAN CALLED TRUMP THE WEAKEST CANDIDATE. SOMEONE WHO IS RACIST AND XENOPHOBIC, THAT WAS IN 2016 JUST A FEW YEARS AGO. SHE CAMPAIGNED FOR LIZ CHENEY. HER TUNE HAS REALLY CHANGED SHE RECENTLY SAID THAT ABSOLUTELY THE ELECTION WAS RIGGED. IT JUST REALLY GOES TO SHOW THE COMMAND THAT DONALD TRUMP HAS ON HER HIS PARTY STILL, NOT AN OFFICE, HE'S THE DE FACTO LEADER OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY. YOU HEARD JONATHAN CARL DISAPPOINTED TO GO IN HIS PIECE TALK ABOUT HOW WHEN TRUMP ENDORSED HAGEMAN, SHE AUTOMATICALLY BECAME THE FRONT-RUNNER. IT GOES TO SHOW HOW POWERFUL TRUMP STILL IS IN THE REPUBLICAN PARTY. >> DEFINITELY. AND ALASKA ALSO HELD PRIMARIES YESTERDAY. UNLIKE IN WYOMING, LISA MURKOWSKI, WHO VOTED TO CONVICT TRUMP IN HIS SECOND IMPEACHMENT TRIAL, SURVIVED HER PRIMARY AND WILL MOVE ON TO THE GENERAL ELECTION. WHAT DOES THAT SAY? WHETHER THE POLITICAL EXPERTS SAYING ABOUT SENATOR MURKOWSKI 'S FUTURE IN ALASKA? >> YEAH, VERY DIFFERENT KIND OF RACE. YOU SEE IT RIGHT THERE, MURKOWSKI HAS 44% OF THE VOTE, TSHIBAKA. RIGHT NOW NOT ALL THE VOTES ARE IN BUT RIGHT NOW THEY'RE SEPARATED BY ABOUT 5000 VOTES, STILL PRETTY CLOSE. AND MURKOWSKI ALSO VOTED TO CONVICT TRUMP, JUST LIKE LIZ CHENEY DID. BUT THE ALASKAN VOTING SYSTEM IS VERY DIFFERENT. THAT SYSTEM, THE TOP FOUR, REGARDLESS OF PARTY, THEY MOVE ON TO NOVEMBER. BUT AGAIN, TSHIBAKA IT'S BACKED BY TRUMP AND SO THE NOVEMBER ELECTION WILL LIKELY BE VERY TOUGH. WE DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN AT LISA MURKOWSKI, THE RACE WILL PROBABLY BE A LITTLE MURKY FOR HER. >> YEAH AND, ALSO, 2008 IS CALLING ON SARAH PALIN IS BACK RUNNING FOR OFFICE. DIFFERENT RACE THIS TIME. WHAT IS THE LATEST ON HER RACE AND TRY TO GET A SEAT IN CONGRESS? >> HARD TO REALLY KNOW AT THIS POINT. AND AGAIN, IT'S BECAUSE THE ALASKAN VOTING SYSTEM IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT, IT'S CHANGED AROUND A LITTLE BIT RIGHT NOW. PELTOLA IS LEADING THE RACE RIGHT NOW, A DEMOCRAT WITH 38% OF THE VOTE. PALIN HAS 32 AND THEN ANOTHER REPUBLICAN, BEGICH, HAS 29% OF THE VOTE. THEY HAVE RANKED CHOICE VOTING NOW IN ALASKA. PALIN, IN THEORY, SHE COULD COME OUT ON TOP BASED ON THIS NEW VOTING SYSTEM. BUT WE SHOULD NOTE, THE FINAL RESULTS WI

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