But Stefanik s rise in today s Republican Party has relied in part on her rejection of the establishment conservative credentials that got her to this moment.
Her climb to the No. 3 Republican spot required forcing out Rep. Liz Cheney of Wyoming, whom Stefanik nominated for the job twice and once praised as a huge asset in the role.
Since the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol, Cheney has split with Stefanik along with most House Republicans on former President Donald Trump, whom she has publicly and forcefully criticized for his role in inciting the insurrection and his ongoing efforts to falsely discredit the 2020 election.
House to vote soon on bills to protect Capitol after Jan. 6
By MARY CLARE JALONICK and KEVIN FREKINGMay 14, 2021 GMT
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, May 13, 2021. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, May 13, 2021. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
WASHINGTON (AP) The House is expected to vote next week on legislation aimed at preventing more attacks on the U.S. Capitol, seeking to establish a 9/11-style commission to study what went wrong on Jan. 6 while allocating $1.9 billion to address the security problems revealed by the insurrection.
Biden pleads with Republicans for bipartisan infrastructure bill
President Joe Biden completed three days of high-level meetings at the White House where he has sought some semblance of Republican support for the $2.3 trillion infrastructure bill his administration put forward last month. While repeatedly praising these talks as “good faith” negotiations, he has evaded the obvious contradiction: The party with whom he is bargaining denies his own legitimacy as president.
The Republican Party is entirely subordinated to former President Donald Trump, who has declared the 2020 election a fraud and Biden an illegitimate president. On Wednesday morning, the House Republican Conference removed Representative Liz Cheney as its chair because she opposed Trump’s baseless claims of election fraud and held him responsible for the January 6 attack on Congress.