GOP Strategists Ordered To Abandon Rep. Liz Cheney

The New York Times reports:

A prominent Washington lobbyist close to Kevin McCarthy, the House minority leader, is warning Republican political consultants that they must choose between working for Representative Liz Cheney or Mr. McCarthy, an ultimatum that marks the full rupture between the two House Republicans.

Jeff Miller, the lobbyist and a confidant of Mr. McCarthy’s dating to their youthful days in California politics, has conveyed this us-or-her message to Republican strategists in recent weeks, prompting one fund-raising firm to disassociate itself from Ms. Cheney, a Republican from Wyoming.

In response, The Morning Group, a fund-raising firm she hired to help prepare for a primary next year against a challenger endorsed by former President Donald J. Trump, informed her last month they could no longer work on her campaign, according to Republicans familiar with the matter.

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News: Jeff Miller, a lobbyist + close @GOPLeader friend, is warning GOP consultants – you can’t work for Liz *and* Kevin

1 firm has dropped Cheney

“You’re either w Kevin & the conference or the person who is undermining them”

On the ultimatum?https://t.co/A9wUQSdLwn

— Jonathan Martin (@jmartNYT) October 21, 2021