July 26, 2021
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) dubbed his fellow GOP lawmakers, Reps. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) and Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.), Pelosi Republicans on Monday. The intended insult was a reference to the fact that both Cheney and Kinzinger have taken up House Speaker Nancy Pelosi s (R-Calif.) offer to serve on the Jan. 6 select committee, placing them at odds with McCarthy and many other House Republicans who view the panel as politically imbalanced and a partisan exercise.
Kevin McCarthy dubbed Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger “Pelosi Republicans today. Shortly after the remark, Cheney told reporters she found it “pretty childish.” https://t.co/JwMIYqpg8cpic.twitter.com/0Qo9ZDsp7r POLITICO (@politico) July 26, 2021
Rep. Cheney to give remarks at first Jan. 6 commission hearing
Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) speaks to reporters outside of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
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Republican Rep. Liz Cheney (Wyo.) has been set to deliver an opening statement at the first hearing of the January 6 select committee. At the hearing on Tuesday, Cheney’s remarks have been scheduled to follow the Democrat chair of the committee, Mississippi Rep. Bennie Thompson (D).
Following the remarks, the committee is expected to hear testimony from four Capitol Hill officers, who were on duty during the events on January 6. Cheney’s appointment has led to increasing hostility between her and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), which prompted Cheney to accuse McCarthy of attempting to hide the truth.
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26 Jul 2021
Representative Liz Cheney (R-WY) responded to House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy calling her a “Pelosi Republican” in a video played Monday on MSNBC’s “Andrea Mitchell Reports.”
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy told a reporter that Reps. Liz Cheney (R-WY) and Adam Kinzinger (IL) are “Pelosi Republicans” for accepting House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s (D-CA) invitation to participate in the select committee investigating the January 6, U.S. Capitol riot.
In a video at the White House Rose Garden after the commemoration of the Americans with Disabilities Act, a reporter said, “Some Republicans have been saying ”
McCarthy interjected, “Some Republicans?”
Some of the MAGA members of the GOP caucus want to see consequences for the “Pelosi Republicans.” And maybe not just the MAGAs:
While the loudest cries have come from members of the hard-right Freedom Caucus, sources say that the sentiment has started to spread beyond the hard-line crew.
“There’s a lot,” said one GOP member about the push to have the pair removed from their other committees. “Supporting Pelosi’s unprecedented move to reject McCarthy’s picks was a bridge too far.”…
Rep. Scott Perry, a Freedom Caucus member, publicly called on Conference Chair Elise Stefanik to call a special GOP conference meeting to “address appropriate measures” related to Pelosi booting two of McCarthy’s chosen picks from the committee. Some members specifically want McCarthy and Stefanik to push for a vote of GOP members to strip Cheney and Kinzinger, who both voted to impeach former President Donald Trump earlier this year, from their other committee assignments. Stef