Arizona Republicans react to Liz Cheney's ouster from U.S. House GOP leadership
Former Arizona Congressman speaks out on Liz Cheney vote
Jeff Flake says the vote to oust Wyoming Congresswoman Liz Cheney from the leadership of House Republicans was damaging to the party, and will have a long-lasting impact.
PHOENIX - Some high-profile Republicans in Arizona are speaking out, after the woman who was once the highest-ranking female Republican lawmaker in the U.S. Congress was ousted from her leadership position.
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Rep. Liz Cheney, who is Wyoming's sole Congresswoman, was stripped of her position as the Chair of the House Republican Conference on May 12. Although she easily survived a similar threat of removal in February, she’d fallen out of favor with her Republican colleagues with her public criticism of former President Donald Trump for falsely claiming the 2020 election was stolen from him.