House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) will not support an effort by a group of House conservatives to oust House Republican Conference Chairwoman Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) from her leadership role, a spokesman for the California Republican confirmed on Thursday.
Cheney has come under fire for her decision to support impeaching President Trump for inciting last week’s riot at the U.S. Capitol that left five dead, including Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick.
House Freedom Caucus Chairman Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.) and Rep. Matt Rosendale (R-Mont.) began circulating a petition on Wednesday to have the conference remove Cheney — the No. 3 Republican in the House and highest-ranking GOP woman — from her leadership position.
Top Trump allies including Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) have announced they will back the effort, arguing the conference should hold a vote.
Critics argue that the timing of Cheney’s announcement, which came one day before the impeachment vote, placed members in a bind and didn’t reflect the overarching views of the conference.
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The swamp is becoming more and more obvious. Cheney and Mccarthy haven’t accomplished anything they were ment to accomplish during their reign. They were put on committees and nothing worked. They both need to go. The GOP needs new fresh faces. No matter how wrong you believed the president would be; you can’t lead with anger and revenge and you must look at the reprecussions it will do in the long run. THe capital breach had much less reprecussions than what these two did. Weather it’s not contesting the election or support impeachment.