Rep. Jamie Herrera Beutler, one of 10 Republican U.S. House members who voted to impeach Donald Trump for his role in the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection, says she will vote to retain Rep. Liz Cheney in Republican leadership.
By Greg Hirst on May 11, 2021
Rep. Liz Cheney (Shutterstock)
CASPER, Wyo Wyoming’s lone Representative in the U.S. House, Liz Cheney, will face a referendum Wednesday from members of her own caucus over her ongoing feud with former President Donald Trump, who remains the dominant influence in the party.
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy set a Wednesday vote for removing Cheney from her post as Conference Chair, the third-ranking member in the House.
Cheney was among 10 Republicans in the House to vote for Trump’s impeachment on charges that he incited the mob that attacked the U.S. Capitol early this year. In a Washington Post op-ed last Wednesday, she renewed her calls for the GOP to move beyond Trump’s “cult of personality” and continued, unfounded claims of a stolen election.
The Wyoming Republican plans increased travel and media appearances, as other opponents of the former president organize to back anti-Trump candidates.
Donald Trump a threat America has never seen before - Republican Party leader Liz Cheney
12 May, 2021 01:40 AM
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Former president Donald Trump speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Orlando, Florida on February 28. Photo / AP
Former president Donald Trump speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Orlando, Florida on February 28. Photo / AP
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By: Alan Fram
Prominent Republican Liz Cheney has lashed out at leaders of her own party on the eve of her near-certain ouster from a leadership post to warn that former US president Donald Trump and his supporters are threatening to undermine our democracy .
Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) who has been vilified for challenging the Republican Party’s unbending loyalty to former President Donald Trump’s lie of a stolen…