May 9, 2021 12:37 p.m.
House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn (D-SC) on Sunday took aim at Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) amid House Republicans preparing to oust Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WYO as its conference chair for refusing to bend to former President Trump’s election fraud falsehoods.
In an interview with CNN, Clyburn was asked about House Republicans’ embrace of the big lie of a stolen election that Trump continues to push and how Cheney’s refusal to go along with the former president’s bogus claims led to her being ostracized within own caucus.
Clyburn acknowledged that he finds little common ground with the third-ranking Republican politically, while decrying House Republicans’ push to boot her from her leadership position.
Clyburn says the Republican Party is losing its way and Mitch McConnell is contributing to that insider@insider.com (Taylor Ardrey)
House Majority Whip James Clyburn said that the Republican Party is losing its way.
In an interview with CNN State of the Union, Clyburn blamed Mitch McConnell as a contributor.
His remarks follow McConnell s comments to reporters that his focus is standing up to Biden s administration.
Democratic House Majority Whip James Clyburn responded to Mitch Connell s comments from Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell that the GOP is focused on standing up and stopping President Joe Biden s administration. One hundred percent of my focus is on standing up to this administration, McConnell said on Sunday after CNN State of the Union host Jake Tapper played a clip of his recent remarks to reporters. The statement casted doubt on hopes for bipartisanship under Biden s administration and reignited calls to end the filibuster.
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