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J. Scott Applewhite, Associated Press
In a meeting early Wednesday morning, House Republicans voted to remove Rep. Liz Cheney from her leadership position. House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy wrote, “If we are to succeed in stopping the radical Democrat agenda from destroying our country, these internal conflicts need to be resolved so as to not detract from the efforts of our collective team. Having heard from so many of you in recent days, it’s clear that we need to make a change.”
What “internal conflicts” has Rep. Cheney created? By every measure regularly acknowledged as valid by GOP leaders, she has been an ideologically consistent representative of conservative thought and policy, earning a session score of 98% from the conservative Heritage Action Group, as well as high rankings from Freedom Works and the Club for Growth.
Republicans on the House Homeland Security Committee have caved to Democrats’ demands for a 9/11-style commission to investigate the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.
GOP Rep. John Katko, the ranking member on the committee, led negotiations with the Democrats to reach a consensus about the commission. His support for the commission is being marketed by the corporate media as “bipartisan support, but the New York representative is one of few Republicans in the House who voted to impeach former President Donald Trump the second time Democrats targeted him. Katko also blames Trump for causing the “insurrection” at the Capitol.
“By deliberately promoting baseless theories suggesting the election was somehow stolen, the president created a combustible environment of misinformation, disenfranchisement, and division. When this manifested in violent acts on January 6th, he refused to promptly and forcefully call it off, putting countless lives in danger,” Katko said in a statement in Janua
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