Trump backs Cheney challenger amid clash between GOP leaders By Spectrum News Staff Nationwide UPDATED 5:55 PM ET May. 05, 2021 PUBLISHED 2:58 PM ET May. 04, 2021 PUBLISHED 2:58 PM EDT May. 04, 2021
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As House Republican Conference Chair Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., trades insults with former President Donald Trump over his false claims about the 2020 election, battle lines are being drawn over her future in the party.
On Wednesday, a major Republican voice in the caucus called for Cheney s ouster from leadership: Former President Donald Trump.
Cheney responded in an op-ed in the Washington Post, where she urged the Republican party to steer away from the dangerous and anti-democratic Trump cult of personality