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Cheney, who currently serves as chair of the House Republican Conference, made clear in her Tuesday night floor speech that she isn't backing down against the former president, despite the expected cost to her political ambitions in the House. “Every one of us who has sworn the oath must act to prevent the unraveling of our democracy. This is not about policy. This is not about partisanship. This is about our duty as Americans," Cheney said. ADVERTISEMENT "Remaining silent and ignoring the lie emboldens the liar," Cheney continued. "I will not participate in that. I will not sit back and wa...

On the third point, however, she's held firm, saying the panel should focus squarely on the attack of Jan. 6. That's put her at odds with Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy The debate is yet another proxy battle over the status and influence of former President Trump Democrats, joined by 10 Republicans, had impeached Trump in January for inciting the Capitol attack, which was carried out by a mob of Trump supporters trying to block Congress's certification of his election defeat. A commission focused squarely on the attack is sure to highlight Trump's role — and that of other Republicans — i...

Which is fair, but which also makes things more complicated than they have to be. Let’s all agree: Liz Cheney has no perfect record (name me one politician who does). And her’s is particularly troubling. As a candidate for Senate in 2013, she threw her own sister under the bus by campaigning against same-sex marriage. She tacitly endorsed the birther conspiracy against Barack Obama But, in a very real sense, that’s beside the point. Cheney’s sins of yesterday don’t cancel out the reality of today. Which is this: Among leaders of a Republican Party that has completely lost its way, o...

Roy, a member of the conservative House Freedom Caucus, pointed to Stefanik's past votes against the 2017 tax cut law and in support of Democratic bills to end former President Trump Installing someone like Stefanik in GOP leadership, Roy argued, would undermine Republicans' messaging against such policies heading into the 2022 midterm elections. ADVERTISEMENT "We must avoid putting in charge Republicans who campaign as Republicans but then vote for and advance the Democrats’ agenda once sworn in – that is, that we do not make the same mistakes we did in 2017," Roy wrote in a memo to his ...