Cheney was reportedly booed during speech before leadership ouster
Republicans have officially stripped Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) of her House leadership position â and they reportedly booed her remarks prior to the vote.
House Republicans on Wednesday voted to oust Cheney from her position as chair of the House Republican Conference after she was critical of former President Donald Trump s efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election. Cheney addressed the conference prior to the voice vote and told lawmakers, If you want leaders who will enable and spread his destructive lies, I m not your person, you have plenty of others to choose from,
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In addition to Mr. Trump, Ms. Stefanic enjoys the support of Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy and Minority Whip Steve Scalise.
The caucus is expected to vote Friday on Ms. Cheney’s successor to the No. 3 leadership spot in the conference.
Some have questioned the conservative credential of Ms. Stefanik, who represents an upstate New York district. Critics note her vote against the 2017 tax cuts.
So far, however, no challengers have stepped forward.
Rep. Chip Roy of Texas was the first to raise the concerns about Ms. Stefanik in a letter Tuesday to fellow Republican members.
“With all due respect to my friend, Elise Stefanik, let us contemplate the message Republican leadership is about to send by rushing to coronate a spokesperson whose voting record embodies much of what led to the 2018 ass-kicking we received by Democrats,” Mr. Roy wrote.