Stefanik Resurfaces False Election Claims as She Moves to Oust Cheney
Republicans say Liz Cheney, their No. 3, is being targeted because she won’t stay quiet about Donald J. Trump’s election lies. Her would-be replacement is campaigning on them.
For many Republicans, the calculation to boot Representative Liz Cheney, a strict conservative who has relentlessly criticized former President Donald J. Trump, from her leadership role has become a torturous one.Credit.Amr Alfiky/The New York Times
May 6, 2021, 7:06 p.m. ET
WASHINGTON As House Republicans have made the case for ousting Representative Liz Cheney, their No. 3, from their leadership ranks, they have insisted that it is not her repudiation of former President Donald J. Trump’s election lies that they find untenable, but her determination to be vocal about it.
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CNN anchor Jake Tapper tore into Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., over her support for former President Trump as the rising star in the Republican Party is expected to join House leadership.
Stefanik has become the leading candidate to unseat Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wy., as the current GOP conference chair has been facing growing opposition over her ongoing spat with Trump about the 2020 presidential election and the events of Jan. 6.
However, critics have slammed Stefanik over her recent comments supporting an audit of Arizona s election results and even some on the right are questioning her conservative credentials over her voting record and her past work in George W. Bush s administration.
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ATLANTA, May 7, 2021 /PRNewswire/ A coalition of criminal justice reform advocates praised Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp for signing into law earlier this week a bill that would streamline processes within the state s probation system. Senate Bill 105 garnered bipartisan support, passing 169-2 in the Georgia House of Representatives and unanimously in the State Senate. Supporters say it is key to ending a probation to prison pipeline that continues to contribute to the problem of overincarceration.
Georgia has more people on community supervision than any other state in the country because of its average lengthy probation term of 6.3 years, compared to the national average of two years. Forty percent of probation sentences in Georgia exceeded 10 years, which has created an environment where 1 of every 18 Georgians are in the supervision system.
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Rep. Elise Stefanik said Thursday that Republicans need to work as one team in 2022 to win back the House of Representatives, comments made as she emerges as the favorite to replace Rep. Liz Cheney as the House Republican Conference chair.
Stefanik, R-N.Y., made the comments in an interview on Steven Bannon s War Room Pandemic podcast. She emphasized her support for former President Donald Trump and said the GOP must work with Trump in the midterms. Trump endorsed Stefanik for the conference chair position on Wednesday.
Conservative Republicans might want to be careful what they wish for. Following Liz Cheneyâs recent dustup with Donald Trump, where she publicly excoriated his views on the 2020 election results, Republican leaders appear poised to push her out of her position as House Republican Conference Chair and hand that post to Elise Stefanik.
Combine House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthyâs âaccidentalâ hot mic comments with House Minority Whip Steve Scaliseâs endorsement of New Yorkâs Stefanik for conference chair and it looks like the writing is on the wall for Cheney, the lone representative from Wyoming. A spokesman for Scalise said, âHouse Republicans need to be solely focused on taking back the House in 2022 and fighting against Speaker [Nancy] Pelosi and President [Joe] Bidenâs radial socialist agenda, and Elise Stefanik is strongly committed to doing that, which is why Whip Scalise has pledged to support her for conference chair.â