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Cheney's got to go

Who is Liz Cheney? A primer: Representative Liz Cheney is the No. 3 Republican in the House, and she led the GOP effort to impeach Trump. Here are the facts.  The House of Representatives voted to impeach President Donald Trump for a second time on Wednesday in a bipartisan effort that charged him with “incitement of insurrection” for the pro-Trump riots that seized the U.S. Capitol last week. The chamber’s vote included all 222 Democrats, as well as ten members of the GOP, which “cons...

How do you stifle a violent strain that has derived encouragement from the president of the United States? That was the dilemma facing GOP lawmakers as the House of Representatives met today to debate and vote on a resolution to impeach President Donald Trump for incitement of an insurrection targeting the peaceful transfer of power on Jan. 6. Democrats fault Republicans for allowing this violent strain to gain momentum over the past four years, and have called on them to hold President Trump a...

Bob Good called on Liz Cheney to resign as the House GOP chair, saying that she only serves as a "Democrat talking point."

ADVERTISEMENT Top Trump allies including Rep. Jim Jordan Critics argue that the timing of Cheneys announcement, which came one day before the impeachment vote, placed members in a bind and didn’t reflect the overarching views of the conference.  “When Representative Cheney came out for impeachment today, she failed to consult with the Conference, failed to abide by the spirit of the rules of the Republican Conference, and ignored the preferences of Republican voters,” Rosendale said in a...

By Michael W. Chapman | January 14, 2021 | 10:48am EST Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wy.), chair of the House Republican Conference. (Getty Images) (CNS News) -- In reaction to House Rep. Liz Cheneys (R-Wy.) decision to vote to impeach President Donald Trump, the Wyoming Republican Party sent her a message on Wednesday, stating that she had "aligned herself with leftists," was helping Democrats to "smear the entire conservative movement," and had "denied President Trump...

In its statement, the state GOP says Cheney's vote indicated she judged evidence before it was presented and did not listen to any arguments made.

Echoing some of his pro-Trump allies in the U.S. House, Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), ranking member of the House Judiciary Committee, called for a vote among GOP members on whether Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wy.) should be removed as chair of the House Republican Conference because of her support for impeaching the president.

“There has not been a time during our tenure when we have seen this type of an outcry from our fellow Republicans, with the anger and frustration being palpable in the comments we have received. Our telephone has not stopped ringing, our email is filling up, and our website has seen more traffic than at any previous time,” the Wyoming GOP wrote. “The consensus is clear that those who are reaching out to the Party vehemently disagree with Representative Cheney’s decision and actions.” ...

Representative Liz Cheney adds her name to the growing number of Democrats and Republicans voting to impeach President Donald Trump for a second time – but why?