GOP Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson Defends Liz Cheney, Says Trump s Dividing Our Party
On 5/11/21 at 5:30 PM EDT
Republican Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson on Tuesday defended Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney of Wyoming and warned the party against allowing former President Donald Trump to divide the GOP.
In an interview with CNN, Hutchinson backed Cheney ahead of the vote expected to occur on Wednesday that could lead to her ousting from her leadership role.
Cheney shouldn t be ousted for a vote of confidence, he said. I believe that we need to concentrate on more things that bring us together than to separate us, and going down and seeing former President Trump, to me, causes more division than anything else.
With Liz Cheney vote, the Republican Party faces a moment of reckoning on Trump again Jon Ward
When Mitch McConnell was asked on Dec. 1 why he was not speaking out against then-President Donald Trump’s lies about a rigged election, he shrugged.
“The future will take care of itself,” McConnell said.
That same day, the Kentucky Republican disregarded pleas from Gabriel Sterling, the top election official from Georgia, who had warned that Trump’s rhetoric was going to cause violence and death.
McConnell’s biggest concern at the time was two upcoming Senate runoff elections in the Peach State. If he repudiated the president over his rhetoric about a “stolen” election, Republicans might not vote in the January runoffs, costing the party control of the Senate and McConnell the title of Senate majority leader.
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As the vote to likely oust Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) as the chair of the House Republican Conference approaches, she isn t the only Republican woman making headlines. Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) is a rising star and likely replacement. Last week, President Donald Trump and House Minority Whip Steve Scalise (R-LA) endorsed Stefanik as that replacement. On Sunday, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) endorsed her as well.
Thank you @GOPLeader for your endorsement for House GOP Conference Chair.
Together, as one team, we will stand up for the American people and #FIREPelosi in 2022. pic.twitter.com/zUhv1h4K71 Elise Stefanik (@EliseStefanik) May 9, 2021
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