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New York Rep. Elise Stefanik will not run unopposed to replace Rep. Liz Cheney as House Republican conference chairwoman.
A spokesman for Texas Rep. Chip Roy s office confirmed to the
Washington Examiner that Colorado Rep. Ken Buck will nominate Roy to replace Stefanik. House Republicans will hold a candidate forum on Thursday night.
Earlier this week, Roy circulated a memo warning against a coronation for Stefanik, who quickly emerged as a front-runner to replace Cheney when it became clear she would be removed from her leadership position.
Former President Donald Trump, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, and House Minority Whip Steve Scalise have all expressed their support for making 36-year-old Stefanik the House Republican Conference chairwoman after removing Cheney from the messaging-focused role over her vocal criticism of Trump s election fraud claims.
Posted: May 12, 2021 4:00 AM ET | Last Updated: May 12
Donald Trump, shown in 2016, now towers over the Republican Party. Simply criticizing the former president in the wake of the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol could now become a firing offence.(Jonathan Ernst/Reuters)
It s almost over. A rare remaining ember of resistance to Donald Trump in the upper echelons of the U.S. Republican Party is on the verge of being extinguished.
Republicans will vote Wednesday on whether to purge Liz Cheney from her position in the party leadership in the House of Representatives.
It would have been a mind-boggling turn of events not too long ago.
Cheney, the third-highest ranking member of the House Republican caucus, is an outspoken critic of President Donald Trump and is one of 10 Republican House members to vote to impeach him following the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol.
Rep. Jim Jordan: You Can t Have the Republican Conference Chair Reciting Democrat Talking Points By Susan Jones | May 12, 2021 | 7:13am EDT
House Minority Whip Steve Scalise, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy and House Republican Conference Chair Liz Cheney are the top three leaders of House Republicans. (Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)
(CNSNews.com) - Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) is among the Republicans who will vote to remove Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) from her Republican leadership position later today (Wednesday). You can t have the Republican Conference chair reciting Democrat talking points, especially when gas prices are up 50 percent, there s a crisis on the border, and Democrats are trying to federalize election law and pack the United States Supreme Court, Jordan told Fox News s Laura Ingraham Tuesday night: