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House Republicans will hold a meeting Wednesday at which members are expected to remove GOP Conference Chairwoman Liz Cheney from her place in the party leadership. The vote will be the most dramatic development yet in Cheney s growing estrangement from her GOP colleagues.
The conflict began on Jan. 13, when Cheney, along with nine other House Republicans, voted to impeach President Trump on a charge of inciting the Jan. 6 Capitol riot. (In 2019, in the first Trump impeachment, Cheney voted no on both articles against the president.) Cheney s attention-getting posture in January she put out a press release announcing her intention the day before, irritating some Republicans prompted complaints that she wasn t on board with party leadership. On the other hand, the House GOP leadership knew that, unlike 2019, some Republicans would vote to impeach the president, even though Trump only had 168 hours left in his term. There were no leadership plans to punish any
We don't know exactly how things will go down at Wednesday's closed-door, secret-ballot House Republican Conference meeting. But we expect rank-and-file Republicans to vote late morning or midday to boot GOP Conference Chairwoman Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., from her leadership post.
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy said Wednesday that he believes Joe Biden is the legitimate president I don t think anybody is questioning the legitimacy of the presidential election, I think that is all over with, McCarthy told reporters outside the White House
He added: We are sitting with the president today
The comments are confusing considering they came just after he facilitated a vote Wednesday to remove Liz Cheney as GOP Conference chair
The vote took place after Cheney refused to back claims from the party and Donald Trump that Biden s election win was illegitimate
The White Huse hosted McCarthy, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer
Less than one-fifth of Republican voters want Liz Cheney to remain in her leadership role, according to a new poll released Wednesday as the GOP conference holds a meeting to do just that.
Byron York, Washington Examiner May 12, 2021
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House Republicans will hold a meeting Wednesday at which members are expected to remove GOP Conference Chairwoman Liz Cheney from her place in the party leadership. The vote will be the most dramatic development yet in Cheney s growing estrangement from her GOP colleagues.Read Full Article »