Republicans are attempting a difficult balancing act as the nation marks one year since the Capitol was attacked by violent supporters of former President Trump, who is to this day the undisputed leader of the party.
McCarthy, in an interview with Greta Van Susteren airing Sunday, maintained that he supports keeping Cheney in her role as the No. 3 Republican in the House but said she did not inform him of her decision to impeach Trump before she cast her vote.
“Look, I support her, but I also have concerns. She took a position as a No. 3 member in conference. She never told me ahead of time. One thing about leadership, if we re going to work together, we should understand. We know that this is going to become a difficulty,” he said.
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“She can have a difference of opinion, but the one thing, if we re going to lead within the conference, we should work together on that as a whole conference because we re representative of that conference. So I support her, but I do think she has a lot of questions she has to answer to the conference.”