2021/05/11 12:24 FILE - In this April 22, 2021, file photo, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy of Calif., speaks during his weekly press briefing on Capitol Hill in . FILE - In this April 22, 2021, file photo, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy of Calif., speaks during his weekly press briefing on Capitol Hill in Washington. McCarthy is leading his party to an inflection point. House Republicans are preparing to dump Rep. Liz Cheney from the No. 3 leadership position. If so, McCarthy will have transformed what’s left of the party of Lincoln more decisively into the party of Trump. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File) FILE - In this Jan. 23, 2020, file photo Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., center, accompanied by from left, Rep. Mike Johnson, R-La., Rep. Mark Meadows, R.
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Rep. Elise Stefanik of New York, 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. Drew Angerer/Getty Images
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.
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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.
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The House GOP leader Kevin McCarthy votes on Liz Cheney, keeping her position as House GOP conference chair; she will be ousted or keep her role depending on the vote set for May 12.
Kevin McCarthy vote on Liz Cheney comes after fellow Republican s contest her leadership
According to House minority leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), she decided to keep her chairwoman position. Depending on the votes on May 12. He then endorsed Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) for the coveted third spot on the Lower House of Congress, reported the Epoch Times.
He and other Republicans, including House Minority Whip Steve Scalise (R-La. ), have also said Cheney s statements to the media have knocked the Republican Party off-track as the party is trying to unite run-up before the crucial 2022 election.
House GOP hits FBI s suicide by cop ruling in 2017 attack on congressmen Follow Us
Question of the Day By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times - Tuesday, May 11, 2021
More than a dozen House Republicans signed a letter Tuesday to FBI Director Christopher A. Wray demanding he investigate how the bureau came to classify a near-massacre of GOP members by a crazed gunman as merely “suicide by cop.”
“We fear that the FBI’s inability or unwillingness to fully investigate this shooting as a matter of domestic extremism four years ago leaves a blind spot within the Bureau in fully assessing risks we face today,” the letter states. “The FBI telling us that James Hodgkinson’s attempt to assassinate dozens of Members of Congress was simply ‘suicide by cop’ does nothing to alleviate this concern.”