The Consequences of the Trump Loop
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Republicans are caught in the Trump Loop.
Most do not want to talk about former President Donald Trump’s false claims that the 2020 election was stolen from him, but they also do not want to distance themselves from Trump’s considerable coattails.
West Virginia’s three House of Representatives members, all Republicans, were generally cryptic when asked if they supported or opposed the caucus’s removal of Representative Liz Cheney from her leadership role because of her criticism of Trump.
First District Congressman David McKinley first said he wanted a unified message from Republicans to push back against “the extreme agenda of President Biden and Speaker Pelosi.” However, his office did clarify that he voted to oust Cheney.