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Liz Cheney's critics kicked her out of her leadership slot this week.
But the Wyoming Republican still has plenty of friends in the GOP establishment.
Many of them shelled out to her campaign after she voted to impeach Trump.
Rep. Liz Cheney's GOP critics won their battle Wednesday to oust the Wyoming Republican from her US House leadership position after she enraged her party by voting to impeach President Donald Trump and criticizing his claims of election fraud.
But as Cheney's opponents — led by House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy of California — have publicly repudiated the congresswoman, prominent donors and Republican politicians have been quietly funneling cash into her campaign coffers.