Cheney’s ouster almost a given as Trump voices contempt
A vote to depose the Republican representative is likely to see her replaced with devout Trump adherent Elise Stefanik
12 May 2021 - 12:02
Donald Trump’s grip on the GOP will tighten with a vote by House Republicans on Wednesday to depose representative Liz Cheney from her leadership post for her persistent rebuttals to Trump’s false claims that the 2020 election was stolen from him.
The outcome of the closed-door vote of the 212-member Republican conference is largely settled. House GOP leader Kevin McCarthy and his chief deputy, representative Steve Scalise of Louisiana, are publicly supporting Cheney’s ouster and her replacement with New York representative Elise Stefanik, a Trump loyalist. The former president also is backing Stefanik...
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