House GOP leader shares concern over Liz Cheney's 'ability to carry out her job' amid barbs with Trump
By Alan Fram and Lisa Mascaro
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House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy stepped up pressure on No. 3 House Republican Liz Cheney on Tuesday, claiming rank-and-file concerns about "her ability to carry out her job" as she trades insults with former President Donald Trump.
McCarthy's comments on the FOX News Channel underscored the continued, if not growing, grip that the former president has on the House GOP. They also spotlighted an increasingly open split between McCarthy and Cheney.
Rather than standing by Cheney — as he did during a failed effort to oust her in February — McCarthy essentially planted himself in the camp of her pro-Trump critics. His positioning with her detractors and their increasingly outspoken attacks suggest her hold on her leadership job is in renewed peril.