Matt Gaetz traveled to Wyoming on Thursday to call for Liz Cheney, the third highest-ranking Republican in the House, to be forced from her party job as punishment for voting to impeach Trump.
Gaetz Targets Cheney Over Impeachment Vote at Rally in Her Home State
Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) called for voters to vote Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) out of office during a rally in Wyoming on Thursday.
“In a lot of ways, Liz Cheney is exactly like Congress: deeply unpopular and owned by special interests,” Gaetz told a crowd of hundreds during a rally in Cheyenne.
Cheney has faced strong pushback after joining Democrats to impeach then-President Donald Trump earlier this month. She took the caucus by surprise when she announced her decision because she didn’t reveal what she was planning with Republican leadership, according to House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.).
Matt Gaetz to rally Trump faithful to boost MAGA backlash in Liz Cheney’s backyard
Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida will rally the Trump faithful in Wyoming on Thursday, hoping to bring a MAGA backlash to GOP Rep. Liz Cheney’s backyard after she voted to impeach the former President for his role in inciting the riot at the Capitol.
The Republican party is now grappling with its future post-Trump, and some elected officials, like Gaetz, are positioning themselves as the bearer of his brand by attacking other Republicans like Cheney, who are hoping to move past it. Republican leaders have warned that the internecine fighting hurts the party.
In Wyoming, Cheney faces blowback for vote to impeach Trump
by Mead Gruver, The Associated Press
Posted Jan 28, 2021 12:16 am EDT
Last Updated Jan 28, 2021 at 12:28 am EDT
CHEYENNE, Wyo. When Liz Cheney, the third-ranking Republican in the House of Representatives, decided to vote to impeach a president from her own party, she knew she’d cause some waves. She might not have expected the seismic impact at home.
But Cheney’s vote against Donald Trump has put her home state of Wyoming by some measures the most Republican state in the country on the front lines of the GOP civil war. The rising GOP leader and daughter of a former vice-president is now facing the prospect of censure from the state party, a primary challenge and the wrath of Trump and his loyalists vowing to make her pay.
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It s a visit that carries importance that s both substantive and symbolic.
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy is expected to meet with former President Donald Trump on Thursday at Mar-a-Lago. The top House Republican and potential future speaker of the House is visiting the twice-impeached and still-to-stand-trial former president, just eight days after he left Washington before his successor was sworn in.