Tag Archives: Liz Cheney

“Whenever we do not have the president in power from our party, you have divided leadership — you have many different voices. And former President Trump is dividing our party, and so it’s important that we not unite with someone who is dividing our party. “I believe that we need to concentrate on more things that bring us together than …

The Hill reports: Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), the only woman in Senate Republicans’ elected leadership team, compared efforts to oust Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) from leadership to “cancel culture,” and argued that the party should be focused on unifying heading into 2022. “I feel it’s OK to go ahead and express what you feel is right to express and, you …

“Having heard from so many of you in recent days, it’s clear that we need to make a change. As such, you should anticipate a vote on recalling the Conference Chair this Wednesday. “We are a big tent party. We represent Americans of all backgrounds and continue to grow our movement by the day. And unlike the left, we embrace …

The Washington Post reports: House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (Calif.) officially backed Rep. Elise Stefanik (N.Y.) to replace Rep. Liz Cheney (Wyo.) as the Republican conference chair during an appearance on Fox News. “Yes, I do,” he said when asked by host Maria Bartiromo whether he supported Stefanik as the party’s future No. 3 leader in the House. It is …

“I think Liz is doing what she wants to do. I don’t think Liz wants to be in leadership anymore because once she won the vote earlier, she continued to press this issue publicly in a way that was antagonizing the people who were against her, and I think you don’t have an entitlement to be in leadership, but you …

“It’s sort of a circular firing squad where we’re just attacking members of our own party, instead of focusing on solving problems or standing up and having an argument that we can debate the Democrats on some of the things that the Biden administration is pushing through. “I think they’re concerned about retaliation from the [former] president. They’re concerned about, …

The Hill reports: Rep. Jim Banks (R-Ind.) told “Fox News Sunday” host Chris Wallace that Cheney, the House Republican Conference chairwoman, should not have a role in leadership if she continues to call out Trump. “Republicans are almost completely unified … to oppose the radical Biden agenda,” Banks said, adding that Cheney was acting as a holdout. “We are almost …

Politico reports: In the civil war between Donald Trump and the GOP’s waning establishment, no Republican has crossed the former president and come out ahead. Yet as Rep. Liz Cheney’s likely ouster from House leadership lays bare, Trump has reserved a special fury for the scions of the GOP’s leading families in his attempt to exercise full dominion over the …

Mediaite reports: There was a time when Senator Lindsey Graham was as vocal a critic of Donald Trump as any Republican official. During the run-up to the 2016 election, Graham called the eventual and now former president a “kook” (among other things), but now his tone is completely different. In fact, Graham now sees former President Trump as a critical …

Rep. Liz Cheney writes in a just-published op-ed: In public statements again this week, former president Donald Trump has repeated his claims that the 2020 election was a fraud and was stolen. His message: I am still the rightful president, and President Biden is illegitimate. Trump repeats these words now with full knowledge that exactly this type of language provoked …

The New York Post reports: A member of the House Republican leadership team has been whipping votes for New York Rep. Elise Stefanik to replace House Republican Conference Chair Liz Cheney as the third-ranking GOP member. Rep. Guy Reschenthaler (R-Pa.) told The Post on Tuesday that he is confident the upstate New York congresswoman has the support needed to obtain …

Axios reports: House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) said Tuesday he’s “lost confidence” in Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) during a moment of candor caught on a hot mic, a tape reviewed by Axios shows. “I think she’s got real problems,” McCarthy told Steve Doocy off-air ahead of a live “Fox and Friends” interview. “I’ve had it with … I’ve had …

From the Wall Street Journal‘s editorial board: A few dozen backbenchers want to depose Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney from the House leadership for voting to impeach Donald Trump. Other Members are concerned about the high public profile of Marjorie Taylor Greene, a freshman Member from Georgia with kooky views. If the House GOP punishes Ms. Cheney while saying nothing about …

CNN reports: Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney, the No. 3 House Republican, said on Monday her party cannot accept the “poison” of the idea that the 2020 election was stolen and should not “whitewash” the January 6 Capitol riot – and Donald Trump’s role in fomenting it. “We can’t embrace the notion the election is stolen. It’s a poison in the …

Mediaite reports: Former President Donald Trump announced via an official statement that, heretofore, he would like everyone to refer to the election results of 2020 as “THE BIG LIE.” “The Fraudulent Presidential Election of 2020 will be, from this day forth, known as THE BIG LIE!” he wrote in a statement released Monday morning by his Save America PAC. Pro-Trump …

Axios reports: Top Republicans are turning on Rep. Liz Cheney, the party’s highest-ranking woman in Congress, with one conservative leader suggesting she could be ousted from her GOP post within a month. The comments by Reps. Steve Scalise, the minority whip, and Jim Banks, chairman of the Republican Study Committee, carry weight because of their close relationship with House Minority …

Mediaite reports: Rep. Liz Cheney is the third-ranking member of the House of Representatives and when asked if former President Donald Trump should be prosecuted for his role in the January 6th attack on the Capitol Building led by his supporters, she demurred and said that should be left up to the Department of Justice. This according to reporting by …

The Hill reports: House Republican Conference Chairwoman Liz Cheney (Wyo.) said Tuesday she did not invite former President Trump to address House Republicans at their policy retreat next week in Florida. Trump, who has been hunkering down at his Mar-a-Lago resort, is just a short flight away from Orlando, where Republicans are holding their annual gathering from April 25 to …

The Insider reports: GOP Rep. Liz Cheney, of Wyoming, told Fox News on Wednesday that she would not support former President Donald Trump if he were nominated as the Republican Party’s 2024 candidate. Nikki Haley and Senate Minority leader Mitch McConnell, who have criticized Trump for instigating the insurrection on January 6, have said they would support Trump should he …

CBS News reports: House Republican Conference Chair Liz Cheney (Wyo.) said on Sunday that the allegations against one of her harshest critics, Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.), are “sickening,” but refused to say whether or not he should resign. While appearing on CBS’s “Face the Nation,” host Margaret Brennan asked Cheney if she would call for Gaetz’s resignation. “You know, as …