Democrats fundraise off of Cheney ouster
Democrats sought to fundraise off of Rep. Liz Cheney's (R-Wyo.) ouster from her House leadership post on Wednesday, hitting the GOP for bowing to former President Trump.
House Democratic Caucus Chairman Hakeem Jeffries (N.Y.) blasted out an email urging supporters to donate in an effort "to stop extremist Republicans from returning to power in 2022," while House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) sent an email to supporters praising Cheney for being one of the few Republicans to push back on Trump's assertion that there was widespread voter fraud in last year's presidential election.
"The dangerous evolution of the Republican Party into an anti-truth, autocratic cult has never been more clear, or our need to fight it," Schiff, who helped lead Democrats' first impeachment effort against Trump, wrote in his fundraising email.
House Republicans voted behind closed doors to remove Cheney from her post as GOP conference chair after she spoke out against Trump on numerous occasions, including blaming him for inciting the Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol.
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