House GOP leader shares concern over Liz Cheney s ability to carry out her job amid barbs with Trump
By Alan Fram and Lisa Mascaro
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House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy stepped up pressure on No. 3 House Republican Liz Cheney on Tuesday, claiming rank-and-file concerns about her ability to carry out her job as she trades insults with former President Donald Trump.
McCarthy s comments on the FOX News Channel underscored the continued, if not growing, grip that the former president has on the House GOP. They also spotlighted an increasingly open split between McCarthy and Cheney.
Rather than standing by Cheney as he did during a failed effort to oust her in February McCarthy essentially planted himself in the camp of her pro-Trump critics. His positioning with her detractors and their increasingly outspoken attacks suggest her hold on her leadership job is in renewed peril.
McCarthy: House Republicans Concerned Cheney Can’t ‘Carry Out the Message’
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) said Tuesday that Republicans had voiced concerns about House Republican Conference Chair Liz Cheney’s (R-Wyo.) leadership ability after she made comments critical of former President Donald Trump.
“There’s no concern about how she voted on impeachment. That decision has been made,” McCarthy (R-Calif.) told “Fox & Friends” Tuesday.
But McCarthy said he’s heard “from members concerned about her ability to carry out the job as conference chair, to carry out the message. We all need to be working as one if we’re able to win the majority,” he said. “Remember, majorities are not given, they are earned. And that’s about the message about going forward.”