House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) said he has officially scheduled a vote for Wednesday to oust House Republican Conference Chair Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) from her post, soon after he endorsed Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) for the No. 3 leadership spot.
Cheney, in recent weeks, has come under the crosshairs of top House Republican leaders
after she continued to criticize former President Donald Trump while questioning Republicans’ messaging and strategy to court voters.
McCarthy and other Republicans, including House Minority Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.), have said Cheney’s comments to the media have put the Republican Party off-message as the GOP is trying to unify to win back the House in 2022. Cheney also voted to impeach Trump during his second impeachment trial, drawing the ire of Trump as well as his large supporter base within the party. Some Republicans have accused her of capitulating to the Democratic Party.
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Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) on Monday doubled down on her defense of Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) by taking aim at fellow Republicans for pushing the “cancel culture” they cry foul about onto the third-ranking Republican. This comes just days before the House GOP conference is set to vote on whether to oust Cheney as its chair because she called out former President Trump for his election fraud falsehoods.
Asked to weigh in on House Republicans’ push for Cheney’s ouster, Ernst echoed her remarks last week arguing that differences of opinion should be accepted within the party.
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Washington House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy told House Republicans on Monday that there would be a vote to recall Wyoming Congresswoman Liz Cheney as chairwoman of the GOP conference on Wednesday, saying it s clear there needs to be a change in the ranks of House Republican leadership. If we are to succeed in stopping the radical Democrat agenda from destroying our country, these internal conflicts need to be resolved so as to not detract from the efforts of our collective team, he said in a letter to House Republicans obtained by CBS News. Having heard from so many of you in recent days, it s clear that we need to make a change.
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New York Rep. Elise Stefanik, seen here at the U.S. Capitol during the impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump on Jan. 23, is poised to replace Rep. Liz Cheney as the No. 3 Republican in the House.
In 2018, then-House Speaker Paul Ryan sat next to his friend and ally Rep. Elise Stefanik and predicted a bright future for the New York Republican. This is the future of the Republican Party, the future of our country people like Elise, Ryan told
With Stefanik poised to become the newest member of the House GOP leadership team, his statement seems a prescient one.