Posted on 05/07/2021 6:36:14 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
It appears that Vichy Republican Liz Cheney’s tenure as chairwoman of the House Republican Conference is about to come to an ignominious end with her being defenestrated by her colleagues. House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy has made it clear that he’s had enough of her self-important and self-righteous grandstanding and will not whip votes to support her like he did earlier in the year. For background, read Liz Cheney’s Response to Kevin McCarthy Shows Exactly Why the GOP Needs to Cut Her From Leadership, Kevin McCarthy Has a Hot Mic Moment, Speaks Absolute Truth About Liz Cheney, and Liz Cheney Does Liz Cheney Things Again, and Her Colleagues Are Just About Done.
My personal view is that Cheney being stripped of a leadership position is months overdue. Her clownish behavior is fanning an internal conflict in the GOP rather than concentrating on taking aback the House next year. I also believe that Cheney’s entitled behavior that treats her House seat as though it was some sort of patrimony rather than a public trust is out of step with the new GOP. That said, I’m more than a little unsure as to why Elise Stefanik is the solution.
Elise Stefanik was not a Trump loyalist…
Guess who voted more often with Trump than Elise Stefanik…. Liz Cheney https://t.co/qc1b9y0X8e pic.twitter.com/Za5sB94iru
— Ryan James Girdusky (@RyanGirdusky) May 4, 2021
When you dig deeper into her voting record, it raises some questions that should be discussed in the House GOP Conference meeting before Stefanik is elected by acclamation.
For instance, she voted against President Trump’s Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017. I suspect the reason was the limiting of the State and Local Tax deduction that places like New York had used to build a massive public workforce while making the rest of us pay for it, but still it was a vote against President Trump on his signature legislation and a vote for the Blue State plutocracy.
While voting to keep the progeny of New York politicians fully employed, she co-sponsored the amnesty-lite USA Act (this was one of those “let’s pass an amnesty bill today in return for really, really tough border security in the future” bills). Lest you think this was some humanitarian act and not acting like a Chamber of Commerce open-borders sock puppet, look at the rest of her record. She voted against funding the border wall; she voted to end Trump’s emergency declaration that served as a justification to divert federal funds to the construction of the border wall. She also voted to override President Trump’s funding of the wall.
While voting against tax cuts and weakening immigration controls, she also opposed the Trump administration’s fight against Obamacare. She voted to continue to permit the military to accept transsexual recruits in the 2020 National Defense Authorization Act…a bill that also embedded Critical Race Theory into the military via the creation of Diversity, Inclusion, and Equity offices in the Pentagon and subordinate headquarters. When President Trump vetoed the bill, she voted with the Democrats to override the veto.
She voted for the so-called Equality Act that strips churches and religious groups of the ability to refuse to hire people living a lifestyle that conflicts with their beliefs. She voted against her own caucus to support a DC abortion law that, in the words of Heritage’s Ryan Anderson:
“could force employers in the nation’s capital to cover elective, surgical abortions in their health plans and require pro-life organizations to hire individuals who advocate for abortion.”
Lest you think this is an anomaly, it isn’t. In 2015, she cast the same vote on the same issue.
I think it is safe to say that Stefanik’s popularity and profile are due solely to her high profile fights with fat George Conway, formerly one of the main grifters with the North American Man-Boy Lincoln Association, and Adam “Pencil Neck” Schiff, and her defense of President Trump during the bizarre January “impeachment” debacle.
While Cheney needed to go for a host of reasons, I’m just not sure we are improving our lot by rushing to anoint Stefanik as GOP Conference chairwoman.
Texas Republican Chip Roy (a big friend and fan of RedState) has the same view.
Roy said he wants to party to deal with the issue regarding the former president and how it collectively wishes to move forward. Once that it done, then it should talk about who should be in the position to represent the conference.
“And I have a feeling right now there’s an effort to coalesce behind an individual or individuals who may not reflect the conservative values.”
The congressman did not immediately identify who he was referring to until Riccardi asked him if he was referring to New York Rep. Elise Stefanik.
Roy confirmed that, saying, “[Stefanik] voted against funding the [border] wall, she actually voted to condemn President Trump for the Affordable Care Act litigation strategy last year. These are all things that I think indicate someone who is not in step with the general views of the Republican conference.”
When asked, the Hays County Republican said he had a few names in mind for people he would like to be considered for the role, but those people have not publicly expressed interest in it yet.
Oddly enough, this seems to be coming down to a vote on President Trump. From a policy standpoint, Stefanik is not a better choice than Cheney. Cheney’s infatuation with wars of convenience and her loathing of the GOP base is offset by Stefanik’s support of open borders, abortion, and the mainstreaming of transgenderism into American culture. Cheney rightfully sees President Trump as a threat to her wing of the party. Stefanik has come to embrace President Trump while opposing him on many issues of significant importance to his base. (See Elise Stefanik Lands a Solid Right on Nancy Pelosi in War of Words on GOP Leadership Battle.)
All things considered, I’m not sure that elevating Stefanik to a leadership position is good for conservatives of any stripe. What really makes me queasy is that Kevin McCarthy supports her. What makes me wonder what’s happening is that the left is working overtime (where do you think I got this research?) to sandbag Stefanik even though her voting record indicates, they should be happy. So who are they trying to convince that she’s someone they don’t like? Them? Or us? And when I see this kind of crap:
Freedom Caucus reps Chip Roy & Marjorie Taylor Greene have publicly dinged Stefanik's record, with more likely to follow, per FC aides.
“Why can’t the Freedom Caucus ever just take a win? Stop being fucking stupid and get behind Elise,” one aide said. https://t.co/tOJ9CnjDg0
— Andrew Solender (@AndrewSolender) May 6, 2021
I get that sinking feeling that we’re about to be rolled.
I’m a big believer in redemption and I would happily kill the fatted calf to welcome a prodigal child home, but nothing about this leaves me feeling all that good about what we’re about to do in the House.
I reckon we can start with someone who honors vote integrity. Right now there is no greater threat to the Republic than those who cheat to obtain political influence.
The Deep State will never relinquish control of the Republican party.
Huh? ...What?...Hmmm.
Maybe somebody in the GOP can work with the New Girl.
Get her mind right if she wants certain perks to come her way. That’s usually how you manage an ambitious upstart.
Liz? Liz cannot be bargained with period. Kevin thought she was more open minded until she kept embarrassing him at news conferences. Ms Cheney is a dyed in the wool Globalist, profiteer and attack dog for dear old Dad.
I don’t know what happened to the Lady who I thought was the Old Liz.
Vote GOP. We’ll fight the Democrats and for conservative principles. This time our promises will be good. Trust us!
Consider the GOP House Speakers since 2000 -
Dennis Hastert - the pedophile and king of earmarks
John Bohner
Paul Ryan
Does anyone really believe Speaker Kevin McCarthy will be any better than the last three?
Getting rid of Rino Liz is not a bad thing. Who knows how her replacement will act.? If she’s unsatisfactory get rid of her next. Besides red state is run by another nevertrumper anyway and therefore not a particularly reliable source
I’ve wondered the same thing.
Did Elise vote to impeach Trump?
Who keeps convincing Trump to support people like this?
Its the same people who told him that Bill Barr and Christopher Wray should be appointed.
RE: Did Elise vote to impeach Trump?
1) She prominently defended him during his 2019 impeachment in the Trump–Ukraine scandal.
2) After President Trump lost the 2020 election, she supported a lawsuit that attempted to overturn Trump’s electoral defeat in the 2020 election.
3) She voted to object to Pennsylvania’s electoral college votes.
Well, Trump is supporting her, very firmly, so I’d say that’s good enough for me.
There you go.
Ronnie Jackson was on Stinchfield tonight and he said Elise is becoming more conservative every day. He said the committees she is on has really opened her eyes.
Give her a chance. If she doesn’t work out replace her, she seems to be fighting for the job.
Thank you for this enlightening post. I was of the opinion she was a strong conservative. The GOP is really f’d up.
Stafanik is a “moderate”, which means Democrat.
*SPIT*
Shuffling Assistant Democrats is not a win.
ALL of the the leadership of the GOP is fully committed to keeping the borders open and the laws unenforced until they can get amnesty for illegal aliens and a permanent majority for Democrats.
EVERY
LAST
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Nope, and she refused to certify Biden on January 6th, because she believes voter fraud occurred. Marsha Blackburn and Rand Paul were both weasels, turned tailed and in the end, voted to certify the election and the voter fraud that went along with it.
You must be very happy with the McCain, Romney, McConnell, Grahamnesty endorsements.
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