Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) received a great show of support from her colleagues.
Appearing on CNN’s
New Day Thursday, Rep.
Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) tore into his party for supporting Taylor Greene, and bashed the vote to oust Rep.
Liz Cheney (R-WY) from her leadership role in the caucus.
“Liz committed no sin except to vote her conscience,” Kinzinger said. “Who’s the one that put everybody in our party in an awkward position on impeachment? It wasn’t Liz Cheney. It wasn’t me. It was
Donald Trump.”
Ultimately, the caucus voted to keep Cheney in her top role despite predictions from far-right members like Rep.
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Here we go: House will vote to strip Greene of committee assignments after Hoyer and McCarthy fail to reach deal
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Here we go: House will vote to strip Greene of committee assignments after Hoyer and McCarthy fail to reach deal
AllahpunditPosted at 2:23 pm on February 3, 2021
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Congratulations to House Republicans, all 211 of whom will now have to cast a vote on this matter and decide whether they want to be known as QAnon apologists or as backstabbers. Do you side with the crazy lady who thought Parkland and Sandy Hook were false flags orchestrated by gun-grabbers? Or do you side with Democrats at a moment when they’re ganging up on a Trump-backed Republican freshman?
On his Tuesday show, Rush Limbaugh brought up former Bush strategist Mark McKinnon, who he said used to love talk radio back when Bush was running for office. But now it's all about shutting it down, shutting down anything that's guilty of spreading "misinformation." MSNBC host Katy Tur talked to McKinnon on Monday afternoon, bemoaning the poisonous presence of Fox and OAN and Newsmax.
Ten Republicans stand tall in defense of American democracy
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Ten Republicans stood tall Wednesday, none taller than Rep. Liz Cheney, the No. 3 party leader in the House, who dared to stand up to the GOP president for his incitement of a mob that stormed the U.S. Capitol in a deadly siege on Jan. 6. “There has never been a greater betrayal by a President of the United States of his office and his oath to the Constitution,” she rightly noted.
Let there be no doubt: Cheney has made herself a target with she called a “vote of conscience.” Some of the her more Trump-obsequious colleagues already are talking of stripping her of the leadership position she won unanimously in November. History is likely to be more appreciative of her profile in courage. It was in sharp contrast to the Jim Jordans and Matt Gaetzes of the party who shilled for their man one last time on the House floor with baseless claims of