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Manchin issued a strongly-worded statement saying there was “no excuse” for Republicans to vote against the commission, and accused McConnell of blocking the commission to help the GOP avoid the topic ahead of the 2022 midterm elections, when the Senate majority will be in play.
“There is no excuse for any Republican to vote against the commission since Democrats have agreed to everything they asked for,” Manchin said.
ADVERTISEMENT “Mitch McConnell has made this his political position, thinking it will help his 2022 elections. They do not believe the truth will set you free, so they continue to live in fear,” he said.
They argue that the No. 3 Republican has repeatedly contradicted McCarthy and his team, undermining the party’s message and its efforts to take back the House majority in next year’s midterm elections.
“There is no way that Liz will be conference chair by month’s end,” one key McCarthy ally told The Hill on Monday. “When there is a vote, it won’t be a long conference; it will be fast. Everyone knows the outcome.”
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The developments suggest it is not just members of the conservative House Freedom Caucus who are pushing to get rid of Cheney; senior lawmakers in the 154-member Republican Study Committee, the largest GOP caucus on Capitol Hill, have been openly critical of Cheney and are now trying to orchestrate her removal.
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There is no sign of a cease-fire between Trump and Cheney, who seems to share the same imperviousness to criticism as her father, former Vice President Dick Cheney.
On Monday, after Trump issued a statement contending that the 2020 Election should be “known as THE BIG LIE!” an allusion to his false allegations of malfeasance Cheney hit back on Twitter.
“The 2020 presidential election was not stolen. Anyone who claims it was is spreading THE BIG LIE, turning their back on the rule of law, and poisoning our democratic system,” she wrote.
Trump allies are seeking to defeat Cheney in her next primary a goal that seems at least plausible in her deeply conservative home state. Later Monday, Trump returned fire.