But he didn’t.
A strong and respectful leader would have listened to Wyoming and the entire conservative base and stripped her of her leadership titles, but McCarthy wussed out and held a pointless anonymous vote, which Cheney passed with flying colors.
So, Liz kept her leadership titles and voters seethed with anger.
But it wasn’t enough for Liz to just put her head down and quietly get back to work. She had to rub voters’ noses in the fact that she was not going anywhere, and she continued her attacks against President Trump and his base.
Now, after increased backlash over Cheney’s disrespectful attacks, Kevin McCarthy is finally going to do what he should have done in the first place.
He will hold a public vote to strip Cheney of her leadership titles.
And that vote could be coming as soon as May 12th.
But wait, before you get too excited about this so-called GOP power move, there’s a catch.
In what can only be described as the zenith of congressional GOP retardation, our team of Keystone Republicans are seeking to replace Liz Cheney with yet another neocon establishment nitwit.
Elise Stefanik.
Elise and Liz share the same basic establishment ideology and agenda.
The only difference between the two is that Stefanik defended President Trump during the House impeachment — so I guess that somehow qualifies her to be the third most powerful congressional Republican.
The race to spoon-feed Elise Stefanik to MAGA voters is on.
The establishment pundits are out in full force spinning tales of Elise’s journey from “principled conservative” to “Trump loyalist.” As if somehow those two things are not mutually exclusive.
Here’s what Josh Kraushaar, a writer for National Journal wrote:
Yes, Elise was a brave soul to speak out against Trump after January 6th, wasn’t she? She really stuck her neck out with that bold move.“Elise Stefanik = elected as moderate, new wave Republican who evolved into as a Trump loyalist.
Liz Cheney =a principled conservative, voted party line frequently in last four years, but spoke out against Trump after Jan. 6.
Proof positive that Trump loyalty > policy.” [Twitter]
But are Elise’s policies really “Trump loyalty?”
Not really. In actuality, Liz Cheney’s policies were far more “Trumpy” than Elise’s were.
Take a look:
