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Conservatives want to boot Cheney, Kinzinger from House GOP
From left, Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., and Chairman Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., leave a House select committee hearing on the Jan. 6 attack on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, July 27, 2021. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
Rep. Adam Kinzinger, R-Ill., speaks during a House select committee hearing on the Jan. 6 attack on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, July 27, 2021. (Jim Bourg/Pool via AP)
Conservatives want to boot Cheney, Kinzinger from House GOP
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1of6Rep. Andy Biggs, R-Ariz., Chairman of the House Freedom Caucus, center, accompanied by other members of the caucus, speaks at a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, July 29, 2021, to complain about Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif. and masking policies.Andrew Harnik/APShow MoreShow Less
2of6From left, Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., and Chairman Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., leave a House select committee hearing on the Jan. 6 attack on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, July 27, 2021.Andrew Harnik/APShow MoreShow Less
Alex Wong/Getty Images WASHINGTON The far right House Freedom Caucus, loyalists to former President Donald Trump, on Thursday called for kicking Reps. Adam Kinzinger and Liz Cheney out of the House GOP because they joined the panel probing the Jan. 6 Capitol attack.
I wrestled with whether to devote a column to their news conference because, as I write this, there is no sign the House Republican leaders want to boot out at this time Kinzinger, from Illinois, and Cheney, from Wyoming.
But here I am, because Illinois freshman Rep. Mary Miller was part of the Freedom Caucus news conference outside the Capitol where her Illinois colleague was attacked, and that’s worth reporting. Miller, from the downstate city of Oakland, represents one of the state’s most heavily Republican districts.