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Romney praised Liz Cheney s integrity as she faces a GOP caucus upset with her criticism of Trump. Liz Cheney refuses to lie, Romney tweeted on Tuesday.
Romney was nearly censured by the Utah GOP last weekend.
GOP Sen. Mitt Romney of Utah defended House Republican Conference Chair Liz Cheney on Tuesday, calling attention to the fact that she refuses to lie about the legitimacy of the 2020 presidential election.
Romney took to Twitter to back the increasingly embattled Cheney, a longtime fixture in Republican politics who has been widely criticized by many conservatives in her caucus for her vocal criticism of former President Donald Trump.
McCarthy says GOP members are concerned Cheney can t carry out the message cbsnews.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from cbsnews.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Tuesday s Campaign Round-Up, 5.4.21
Today s installment of campaign-related news items from across the country.
May 4, 2021, 4:00 PM UTC
BySteve Benen
Today s installment of campaign-related news items from across the country. Inching further from subtlety, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) told Fox News this morning that he s spoken to GOP members who are concerned about House Republican Conference Chair Liz Cheney s (R-Wyo.) ability to carry out the job. Soon after, the Wyoming congresswoman s office responded to McCarthy s comments, telling an NBC News reporter, This is about whether the Republican Party is going to perpetuate lies about the 2020 election and attempt to whitewash what happened on Jan 6. Liz will not do that. That is the issue.
Kinzinger-Backed Candidate Places Ninth In Texas House Race
Texas Republican congressional candidate Michael Wood, backed by Never Trump Illinois Republican Rep. Adam Kinzinger, placed ninth in Saturday’s spring special election for Texas’ 6th Congressional District.
Kinzinger flew to Texas last week to campaign for Wood, who was running to replace Republican Rep. Ron Wright, who died earlier this year from complications with the novel Wuhan coronavirus.
“The Trump thing, it’s got nowhere to go but down. It’s not growing,” Kinzinger said at lunch with Wood, according to the Associated Press. “But it took a lot of time for the Republican Party to be what it is today. It may take a lot of time to bring it back.”
Why Trump s latest rhetoric about Arizona s election audit matters
Trump isn t just obsessed with Arizona s bonkers election audit, he also appears to see it as the first in a series of dominos.
President Donald Trump speaks to members of the media before boarding Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House on July 27, 2020.Andrew Harnik / AP file
May 3, 2021, 12:00 PM UTC
BySteve Benen
The more House Republican Conference Chair Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) makes clear she has no use for Trumpism, the more her GOP colleagues are comfortable publicly pushing back against her apostasy. House Minority Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.), for example, spoke up in support of the former president last Thursday.