House GOP ousts Trump critic Liz Cheney from top post
Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., speaks to reporters after House Republicans voted to oust her from her leadership post as chair of the House Republican Conference because of her repeated criticism of former President Donald Trump for his false claims of election fraud and his role in instigating the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol attack, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, May 12, 2021. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
Washington | House Republicans on Wednesday rapped from their position as the chamber's No. 3 GOP leader. Liz Cheney was ousted as she repeatedly reprimanded former President Donald Trump for making false claims of pre-election fraud and his role in thwarting the Capitol Attack on 6 January.
Meeting behind closed doors for less than 20 minutes, GOP lawmakers seized Cheney, R-Wyo, from the party's No. 3 House position.
She was the Congress' highest-ranking Republican woman and a daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney, and her demotion is the latest evidence that challenging Trump could be a career threat.
Cheney refused to stop Trump from being slandered and after the meeting clearly indicated that she intended to use her might to try to get the party away from the former president.
"I will do everything to ensure that the former president never approaches the Oval Office again," he told reporters.
Cheney's replacement was widely anticipated to be representative. Ellis Stephanik, R-N.Y., Who entered the House in 2015 at the age of 30, was the youngest woman ever elected to Congress. Stephanic holds a more liberal voting record than Cheney, but has evolved into a vigorous Trump defender, echoing some of his unfounded claims about widespread electoral fraud.
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WASHINGTON (AP) - House Republicans ousted Rapid Liz Cheney from her leadership position after she was reprimanded by former Republican President Donald Trump for repeated election fraud claims and her role in invading the US Capitol on January 6. Are ready for.
GOP lawmakers gathered privately at the Capitol Visitors Center on Wednesday and were expected to vote to remove Cheney, R-WIO, from the party's No. 3 House position due to her fast-growing career within the party There was a dangerous turn. She is the daughter of Congress's highest-ranking Republican woman and former Vice President Dick Cheney, and her sentiment provides the latest evidence that challenging Trump could be a career threat.
In an audacious gesture that she was not retreating, Cheney took a four-minute assault to defend her GOP supporters and her own post in the nearly empty House Chamber on Tuesday evening.
"To be silent & to ignore lies proves false," he said, adding, "I will not sit silent & watch silently, while others will lead our party, which bypasses the rule of law & criticizes the former president." Silences him. " Democracy. "
Cheney's replacement was widely anticipated to be representative. Ellis Stephanik, R-N.Y., Who entered the House in 2015 at the age of 30, was the youngest woman ever elected to Congress. Stephanic holds a more liberal voting record than Cheney, but has evolved into a vigorous Trump defender, echoing some of his unfounded claims about widespread electoral fraud.
It was not initially clear when a separate vote would take place on Cheney's replacement.
Cheney, the 54-year-old stripping of her leadership job, will be an important and historic moment for the GOP.
One of the nation's two major parties was effective in announcing an extraordinary entry requirement for its highest rank: less about Trump's lies, or less about losing his November reelection bid due to widespread fraud Less silence. In states across the country, officials and judges on both sides found no evidence to support Trump's claims that widespread illegalities led to his defeat.
It is clear that Cheney's days in leadership were counted as House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-California, with No. 2 leader Steve Scalise, R-La., Joining him against Trump and other Republican party spectrums.
Critics said Cheney's crimes were not his views on Trump, but his persistence in publicly expressing them, undermining the unity he wants him to display as a message to party leaders ahead of next year's elections , When they are expected to win House control.
"It's not about right or wrong. Regarding the focus of the House Republican, Scalise said on Tuesday.
Many Republicans also agree with Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., who said that the loyalty of many GOP voters to Trump is so intense that the party cannot succeed without them.
Very few Republicans have spoken out against Cheney's removal.
"It will do nothing but drive some people away from our party," said Sen. Mitt Romney of Utah, the GOP's 2012 presidential candidate and who has often clashed with Trump.
Several Republicans said that Cheney made no effort to consolidate support ahead of Wednesday's vote, assuming the numbers were against him.
Rather, he created a billboard advertising his confrontation with Trump, announcing in a Washington Post column last week, "The Republican Party is at a decisive turn, and Republicans are set to.