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EXCLUSIVE: I’ve obtained audio from the Cheney campaign of the concession voicemail Rep. Liz Cheney’s left for Harriet Hageman last night. The audio contradicts the narrative Hageman gave on Hannity tonight that she “didn’t address any kind of concession or anything else.”

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NEW: Rep. Liz Cheney tells me her concession call to Harriet Hageman ended up being a "clear and direct" voicemail that she left before she went on stage last night, after trying multiple times to get in touch w/ her. Cheney says she still has not heard anything back.

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Olivia Beavers

@Olivia_Beavers

Aug 18, 2022

Audible in the recording is an aide notifying Cheney that the Associated Press had just called the race for her opponent. “It is about 8:13 on Tuesday the 16th, I’m calling to concede the election and congratulate you on the win. Thanks.” My story:

politico.com

Cheney releases concession call audio in tit-for-tat with her primary foe

After Harriet Hageman said her Wyoming GOP opponent didn't concede, the Cheney campaign provided a recording. And the Hageman camp pushed right back.

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Olivia Beavers

@Olivia_Beavers

Aug 18, 2022

Here is Hageman on Fox: For what it’s worth, I pinged a spox with her campaign for a response to Cheney telling me about leaving a concession voicemail. I didn’t hear back

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Acyn

@Acyn

Aug 18, 2022

Hageman: There wasn’t a phone call… She called and left a very brief two second message.. All she said was hello Harriet.. She didn’t call and discuss any kind of concession..

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Olivia Beavers

@Olivia_Beavers

Aug 18, 2022

HAGEMAN’s campaign has sent their own video to me showing that the voicemail audio only got “Howdy Harriet.” The voicemail had more time on it but that’s all the audio that got through to Hageman. Perhaps technical / cell service issues at play over Cheney concession message

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who got a late night slack from me asking for help getting the audio into a shareable format while I was up in the air ✈️ and pulling through

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JetBelly

@JetBellyMusic

Aug 18, 2022

The trump playbook. Lie, get busted lying, double down on the lie. Get busted on the double down. Triple down.

The politics of gaslighting

Mollie

@MZHemingway

Aug 18, 2022

This is why you should never take "Acyn"'s transcripts at face value. What Hageman said was that there was only a brief voicemail and that Cheney "didn't call *and discuss with me* any kind of concession or anything else." This audio CONFIRMS rather than CONTRADICTS that.