Posted on 05/14/2021 10:48:44 AM PDT by Candor7
House Republicans voted Friday to elect New York Rep. Elise Stefanik to the conference chair position after ousting Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney.
Stefanik was elected to be the third-ranking House Republican after Cheney was removed from her leadership position by a voice vote Wednesday. Behind closed doors, Republicans voted Cheney out as the third-ranking House Republican. Texas Rep. Chip Roy came in second place with 46 votes.
“I’m truly honored and humbled to earn the support of my colleagues to serve as House Republican Conference Chair. House Republicans are united in our focus to fight on behalf of the American people to save our country from the radical Socialist Democrat agenda of President Biden and Nancy Pelosi,” Stefanik said in a statement after the vote.
“I also want to thank President Trump for his support, he is a critical part of our Republican team,” Stefanik said shortly after being elected House GOP conference chair.
Former President Donald Trump slammed Cheney throughout the week, saying she should be ousted from House leadership and replaced by Stefanik. (RELATED: Trump Calls On GOP To Oust Cheney From House Leadership, Put In Stefanik)
After the vote, Trump released a statement, congratulating Stefanik.
“Congratulations to Elise Stefanik for her Big and Overwhelming victory! The House GOP is united and the Make America Great Again movement is Strong!,” Trump said in the statement.
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy sent a letter on Monday to Republicans in Congress, saying there will be a vote to replace Cheney, which occurred Tuesday morning. “Having heard from so many of you in recent days, it’s clear that we need to make a change. As such, you should anticipate a vote on recalling the Conference Chair this Wednesday,” McCarthy wrote in the letter.
Cheney, who is up for reelection in 2022, has continued to face criticism for voting in favor of impeaching former President Donald Trump. The Wyoming Republican Party censured her in February over her impeachment vote.
Since impeachment, Cheney has continued to be vocal about her disdain of the former president. McCarthy criticized Cheney before a Tuesday interview, saying she has “real problems.”
What a bunch of crybaby losers!
yeah cheney had to go but stefanik voting record is troubling
We make America Great Again by CONSERVATIVE principles - and TRUMP is NO conservative. Which - is probably why these idiots elected someone LESS conservative than Cheney.
Mark THESE words - this choice will be the undoing of this party and country.
I’m very glad to see that Liz Cheney is gone, but they replaced her with one of the most liberal Republicans in Congress — 33 percent from Heritage Action, 36 percent from Conservative Review, and 44 percent from the American Conservative Union.
I’m so tired of Liz Cheney claiming her views on Trump’s actions are constitutional. Cheney is a phony, and could care less about the Constitution.
Does the Constitution say you can impeach a president, even if there are not grounds to do so, just because you don’t like him?
Again - Liz Cheney is a phony!!!!
Lizzie comes off to me as being delusional.
And she, and her dad, seem too quick to want to go to war.
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