Would a secret ballot have saved Liz Cheney from ouster? Her allies criticize sudden GOP rule change Ledyard King and Savannah Behrmann, USA TODAY
Rep. Liz Cheney gives passionate speech on House floor regarding Trump s influence
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WASHINGTON – GOP House leaders decision to limit debate during Wednesday s caucus meeting where Liz Cheney was ousted from leadership and then ditch secret ballots for an unrecorded voice vote angered lawmakers hoping they d have one last opportunity to defend the Wyoming Republican.
House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., and Cheney spoke to the members before they were asked to verbally state their preference for keeping Cheney as chair of the House GOP Caucus or letting her go, according to those attending the closed-door meeting. Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-N.C., formally introduced the resolution to unseat Cheney,and in a matter of minutes she was removed from her post.
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President Joe Biden declined to weigh in on Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy and his Republican conference s decision to oust former conference Chairwoman Liz Cheney from her post.
Biden, fielding questions from MSNBC s Lawrence O Donnell in an interview that aired Wednesday night, said the Liz Cheney-[Kevin] McCarthy thing was above my paygrade.
The president quipped he has enough trouble trying to figure out my own party all the time, let alone the Republicans.”
O Donnell further pressed Biden to clarify how he can negotiate an infrastructure compromise in good faith with McCarthy, the same person who supported Liz Cheney weeks ago.
Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (Ga.) followed Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) off the House floor and accused her of supporting “terrorists and antifa.”
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House Republicans voted Wednesday to remove Rep. Liz Cheney (Wyo.) from her leadership post over her criticism of former President Donald Trump for his false claims that the 2020 election was stolen from him. The vote to oust her as House Republican Conference chair, the party s No. 3 job in the caucus, bolstered Trump s grip on the GOP. Cheney remained defiant on the way out. If you want leaders who will enable and spread his destructive lies, I m not your person, Cheney told her fellow Republican lawmakers on Wednesday. Cheney previously survived an attempt to oust her over her vote to impeach Trump on charges that he incited the deadly Jan. 6 Capitol riot. Trump reveled in Cheney s removal, calling her a bitter, horrible human being. [
With Liz Cheney removed as House GOP chair, what s next? Ledyard King and Jeanine Santucci, USA TODAY
Rep. Liz Cheney gives passionate speech on House floor regarding Trump s influence
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WASHINGTON – Liz Cheney is out of GOP leadership. Elise Stefanik is the favorite to take her place. And the Republican Party is fractured on Capitol Hill.
Wednesday s decision by House Republicans to remove the Wyoming congresswoman as chair of the House GOP Conference is only the beginning of a new chapter for a party that hopes to recapture Congress in 2022 after making key gains in November s elections.