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Cheney, who currently serves as chair of the House Republican Conference, made clear in her Tuesday night floor speech that she isn t backing down against the former president, despite the expected cost to her political ambitions in the House. “Every one of us who has sworn the oath must act to prevent the unraveling of our democracy. This is not about policy. This is not about partisanship. This is about our duty as Americans, Cheney said. ADVERTISEMENT Remaining silent and ignoring the lie emboldens the liar, Cheney continued. I will not participate in that. I will not sit back and watch in silence while others lead our party down a path that abandons the rule of law, and joins the former president s crusade to undermine our democracy. ....
Roy, a member of the conservative House Freedom Caucus, pointed to Stefanik s past votes against the 2017 tax cut law and in support of Democratic bills to end former President Trump Installing someone like Stefanik in GOP leadership, Roy argued, would undermine Republicans messaging against such policies heading into the 2022 midterm elections. ADVERTISEMENT We must avoid putting in charge Republicans who campaign as Republicans but then vote for and advance the Democrats’ agenda once sworn in – that is, that we do not make the same mistakes we did in 2017, Roy wrote in a memo to his GOP colleagues. Therefore, with all due respect to my friend, Elise Stefanik, let us contemplate the message Republican leadership is about to send by rushing to coronate a spokesperson whose voting record embodies much of what led to the 2018 ass-kicking we received by Democrats, Roy continued. ....