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WASHINGTON (AP) Republican Kevin McCarthy is leading his party to an inflection point, preparing to dump Rep. Liz Cheney from the No. 3 House leadership position and transform whats left of the party of Lincoln more decisively into the party of Trump.
The GOP leader argues that ousting Cheney has less to do with her very public criticism of the former presidents lies about his 2020 election loss to President Joe Biden than her inability to set aside personal convictions and do her job. As conference chair responsible for communicating a unified party message, Cheney has lost the confidence of rank-and-file lawmakers, he said this week.
But in tossing aside Cheney, the daughter of the former vice president and as close as it gets to GOP royalty, and promising a big tent to win back power, McCarthy is hollowing out a cadre of lawmakers intent on governing while he is elevating the people and personalities most loyal to Donald Trump. In one stroke, he is amplifying the former presidents false claims about the election and seeking to mend his own tattered relationship with Trump, reasserting himself as Trumps man in the House.
Its a transformational moment for McCarthy, who resurrected his political career by attaching himself to Trump who called him My Kevin and is now on a glidepath to become House speaker, second in line to the presidency, if Republicans win control in next years elections.
https://apnews.com/article/trump-cheney-mccarthy-republicans-84cb83aeab7833218537a174e2c2d437
PortTack
(32,782 posts)They want margarine or gym Jordan...
Johonny
(20,858 posts)It really has nothing to do with Trump. It's about the speaker almost certain to be in GOP hands come 2022 and Kevin eliminating a rival for that role. Which is odd sense he will likely spend 1.5 years trying to overturn Obamacare, try to impeach Harris and then shutdown the government because he couldn't lead a turtle into it's shell, so he certainly can't lead the GOP to pass a budget or anything constructive. in 2024 he fails to run for his own seat seeing massive presidential year loses for his failed house and becomes another speaker after thought like Ryan and Boner.