House Republicans put off a vote on Rep. Elise Stefanik s bid to replace Liz Cheney as the No. 3 GOP leader amid pressure from right-wing lawmakers that she vouch for her conservative credentials.
The move to delay a formal vote on Stefanik comes after Former President Donald Trump – who Cheney accused of provoking a violent attack on the Capitol in an effort to steal the election – gave the New York lawmaker his public endorsement.
The vote to remove Cheney came on a voice vote, after her base of support within the conference plummeted.
Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) will stand for election as chair of the House GOP Conference on Friday. On Wednesday, the conference voted to boot Rep. Liz Cheney of Wyoming as the No. 3 party leader
With Rep. Elizabeth Cheney ousted Wednesday as House Republican Conference Chair, Rep. Elise Stefanik moved quickly to line up colleagues’ support for he
Rep. Adam Kinzinger went Biblical in calling out his fellow Republican members of Congress on the very day that his colleague, Rep. Liz Cheney is almost certain to be voted out by her Republican caucus as Conference Chair over her political battles with former President Donald Trump. At issue, of course, is the role that Trump will […]