House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is reportedly producing opposition research for Republican Reps Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger to use against GOP leader Kevin McCarthy. Pelosi is funneling the research to the two embattled Republicans in response to the House Republicans decision to vote on Rep. Cheney’s position as House Republican Conference Chair this week.
Axios first broke the news of Pelosi’s opposition emails:
The subject line from one such email, dated May 4, read: “From the GOP Leadership: Help Wanted — Non-Threatening Female.”
The next day her office sent another email, titled: “McCarthy’s Rules: Punishing Truth, Rewarding Lies, Embracing Extremism & Bigotry.”
Pelosi has even taken to praising Cheney — one of the most conservative members of Congress — in an effort to undercut Republican leadership.
“I do commend Liz Cheney for her courage, for her patriotism,” Pelosi said last week.
Upon hearing the news, Republicans were extremely frustrated with Pelosi as well as Reps. Cheney and Kinzinger for buying into the opposition emails.
The Daily Wire reports:
“It’s shameful that Pelosi has nothing better to do with her time than produce oppo for Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger,” a top source close to GOP leadership told The Daily Wire. “And it’s telling that Cheney and Kinzinger are stupid enough to let themselves be used like that. Goodbye and good riddance to both of them.”
The report said that the attacks would ramp up this week as Republicans are set to oust Cheney on Wednesday morning from her leadership position after she refused to quit attacking former President Donald Trump instead of focusing on galvanizing support to unite in opposition to Democrat President Joe Biden.
The report said that House Democrats “must react to Republican efforts to remove” Cheney and that, according to a Democrat House aide, Pelosi is directly responsible for 95% of the messaging.
On Monday, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy announced that Republicans will hold a vote on Cheney’s leadership position on Wednesday. Cheney previously survived an attempt to oust her as GOP Conference Chair in February after voting to impeach former President Trump but it’s unclear if she will have enough support this time around.
