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GOP leader McCarthy backs primary bid vs. Trump foe Cheney

FILE - Harriet Hageman votes on Aug. 21, 2018, in Cheyenne, Wyo. House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy is endorsing challenger Hageman over Rep. Liz Cheney in the GOP primary in Wyoming, a rare departure for a party leader attempting to boost a Trump-aligned candidate over one of the former president's chief critics. (AP Photo/Bob Moen, File) FILE - Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., speaks during the Nackey S. Loeb School of Communications' 18th First Amendment Awards at the NH Institute of Politics at Saint Anselm College in Manchester, N.H., on Nov. 9, 2021. House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy is endorsing challenger Harriet Hageman over Cheney in the GOP primary in Wyoming, a rare departure for a party leader attempting to boost a Trump-aligned candidate over one of the former president's chief critics. (AP Photo/Mary Schwalm, File) FILE - House Minority Leader Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., speaks during a news conference, on Jan. 20, 2022, on Capitol Hill in Washington. McCarthy is endorsing challenger Harriet Hageman over Rep, Liz Cheney in the GOP primary in Wyoming, a rare departure for a party leader attempting to boost a Trump-aligned candidate over one of the former president's chief critics. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)