With Cheney out and Stefanik likely in, Republicans decide to live and die with the Big Lie By Jess Bidgood Globe Staff,Updated May 12, 2021, 1 hour ago Email to a Friend WASHINGTON â It took just 16 minutes on Wednesday morning for House Republicans to surgically remove Representative Liz Cheney from their leadership team, an act that both expunged a conservative stalwart who has challenged former president Donald Trumpâs election lies and cemented those fictions as GOP orthodoxy. âWe must go forward based on truth,â said Cheney, 54, defiantly striding out of the meeting and vowing to lead a fight against Trump after she was dumped by a voice vote. âWe cannot both embrace the Big Lie and embrace the Constitution.â