Slowly….
The Trump scent IS falling away from the Grand ole Party….
It’s still there….
But fading….
Cheney voted to impeach her party leader Donald Trump….
Some Republicans wanted her job for that…
She beat THAT back tonight….
The establishment Republicans got the civil war win tonight…
And the vote wasn’t even close….
The establishment wing of the GOP won a rare and dramatic victory Wednesday night, when Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) beat back an attempt by Donald Trump’s staunchest allies to knock her from power as retribution for voting to impeach the former president just three weeks earlier.
The 145-61 vote in favor of keeping Cheney in leadership, conducted by secret ballot, followed a marathon, closed-door “family discussion” in the basement of the Capitol Visitors Center, where dozens of House Republicans lined up to voice their frustrations with the Wyoming Republican, the most powerful GOP woman in Congress, and called for her removal as conference chair, a role that entails leading the party’s messaging efforts.
The critics’ resolution — led by House Freedom Caucus Chairman Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.) and Rep. Matt Rosendale (R-Mont.) — maintained that Cheney, by attacking the Republicans standard-bearer, had forfeited her right to represent the party at the leadership table.
Yet Cheney found a powerful ally in House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), who had previously voiced “concerns” over Cheney’s impeachment vote but rose to defend her in an impassioned speech during Wednesday’s meeting. McCarthy said he wanted to end the internal feud and that his leadership team should remain intact.
“People can have differences of opinion. … Liz has a right to vote her conscience. And at the end of the day we’ll be united,” McCarthy said during a break in the midst of the meeting…
Wyoming Republicans Censure Liz Cheney
The Wyoming Republican Party voted to censure Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) Saturday for her vote last month to impeach then-President Donald Trump, the Casper Star Tribune reports.