Republicans have officially voted to remove Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney from her position as House Republican Conference Chair. The decision was reportedly made by voice vote, meaning there will be no formal record of which House Republicans ultimately voted to eject or keep Cheney in the leadership position. However, according to a report from The Hill sources say Republicans overwhelmingly voted to oust Cheney.
Cheney faced the mounting pressure to be removed not because of her choice to vote to impeach former president Trump as some Democrats have suggested but because she lost Republican’s faith she was committed to winning back the House. Despite calls from Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy to focus her efforts on the future and winning back the House next year Rep. Cheney continued to dredge up the past and make comments about former President Trump.
Before the vote this morning, former President Trump released a statement pushing Republicans to vote to remove Cheney from her role.
“The Republicans in the House of Representatives have a great opportunity today to rid themselves of a poor leader, a major Democrat talking point, a warmonger, and a person with absolutely no personality or heart,” Trump said. “As a representative of the Great State of Wyoming, Liz Cheney is bad for our Country and bad for herself. Almost everyone in the Republican Party, including 90% of Wyoming, looks forward to her ouster—and that includes me!”
Last night, Cheney fought back in a defiant floor speech blaming form President Trump for the renewed push to remove her as Chair of the House GOP Conference
The New York Post reports:
“A former president, who provoked a violent attack on this Capitol in an effort to steal the election. He has resumed his aggressive effort to convince Americans that the election was stolen from him. He risks inciting further violence,” she said on the floor.
“Millions of Americans have been misled by the former president, they have heard only his words, but not the truth as he continues to undermine our democratic process, sowing seeds of doubt about whether democracy really works at all. I am a conservative Republican, and the most conservative of conservative principles is reverence for the rule of law.”
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Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.), who previously nominated Cheney for her leadership position, is expected to be elected to replace her in her leadership role as soon as the end of the week.
Stefanik — a moderate whose profile skyrocketed as one of Trump’s leading defenders during the first impeachment trial — has received high-profile endorsements from Trump, McCarthy and Scalise, but has seen some pushback from conservatives who cautioned the former Tuesday Group chair’s record is too moderate to be effective in the position.
Upon hearing the news former President Trump released another statement slamming “warmonger” Cheney.
“Liz Cheney is a bitter, horrible human being. I watched her yesterday and realized how bad she is for the Republican Party. She has no personality or anything good having to do with politics or our Country. She is a talking point for Democrats, whether that means the Border, the gas lines, inflation, or destroying our economy,” Trump says. “She is a warmonger whose family stupidly pushed us into the never-ending Middle East Disaster, draining our wealth and depleting our Great Military, the worst decision in our Country’s history. I look forward to soon watching her as a Paid Contributor on CNN or MSDNC!”
