This is all being choreographed. Cheney will step down from leadership and continue supporting most of the progressive agenda. McCarthy will claim the GOP is listening to the base, etc. I expect she’ll keep her seat when it’s all said and done.
Yes it is being choreographed. But they thought the battle was won in February when Cheney was kept in leadership. But she became emboldened and brought this problem on herself.
And I’m quite sure Trump’s fundraising figures are part of this. In not even a full quarter he had more than double the GOP figure. So they’re very literally scared.
Last month I got a fundraising letter from the RNC with a stamped return envelope. In big red letters I wrote REMOVE LIZ CHENEY FROM LEADERSHIP and sent it back.
I suspect that if Cheney is ousted from leadership in the Republican caucus, it is due to declining contributions from the supporters of the GOP. Money talks louder than ideology.
You are right to be suspicious. McCarthy was asked yesterday on Fox and Friends about renting a room from Luntz and the connections. He was quick to point out that “we all got to stick together to defeat them rascally Democrats” and you must trust him in unity to do so. That is usually the first thing someone says just before they screw you big time.