Posted on 02/19/2022 12:11:14 PM PST by cotton1706
Now that even the blue cities and states are throwing the bums out and Republicans are soaring in the polls and getting ready to take Congress, something interesting is happening: the Republican establishment is trying to get as far away from Trump-hating Rep. Liz Cheney as possible.
Not the Trump faithful, who have despised Cheney for years — the old guard Republicans who have been around forever and who are now rubbing their hands together as November beckons.
Just look at what House minority leader Kevin McCarthy, who has big ambitions of becoming the next speaker of the House, is up to:
Kevin McCarthy is throwing off tradition and supporting a primary challenger to one of his own members. But it's not exactly a surprise — the incumbent is Rep. Liz Cheney.
The GOP leader's decision to wade into the primary battle and support the Trump-endorsed Harriet Hageman marks a departure from the status quo of top party leaders protecting their incumbents. It also caps off a dramatic implosion of their relationship that strained after the Jan. 6 attack.
Wow. Endorsed Cheney's primary rival, who is very likely to win. GOPe characters don't do that under ordinary circumstances.
That's fine and dandy. But where has the Kevster been all these months?
Not too long ago, McCarthy was defending Cheney when House Republicans attempted to throw her out of the GOP conference, where she held the Number 3 position, in February 2021 after her vote to impeach President Trump:
In leadership, Cheney was responsible for the messaging of the House GOP. Her detractors argue her vote to impeach the former president indicates she's lost sight over the majority of the party, which continues to embrace Trump.
(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...
McCarthy is a finger in the wind politician who wants to be Speaker, so he can appoint the remaining RINOs to committee chairmanships, just like Boehner and Ryan did.
McCarthy is trying to shore up his conservative credentials.
Nasty old hag needs to join the libtard Marxist party where she will be appreciated 🤪
Has a Cheney ever lost an election in WY?
I think Kevin is only against her, because he too faces reelection.
I think Teton County, Wyo. went for BiXiden.
They must play sort of game of liar's poker, each telling a bigger lie than the last. First one to get strung up from a lamp-post loses.
Agree on every point.
Exactly right. Never trust the GOP.
Nothing but sleight of hand by McCarthy. Finger in the wind is an apt description. He should not be speaker, ever.
My vote would be for someone like Jim Jordan.
The GOP has become the Not Democrat party. The GOP Senate declined to even release a platform for 2022.
Kevin McCarthy, the Lindsey Graham of the House of Representatives. He needs to be ushered out.
Jim Jordan would be a fabulous Speaker.
From what I read, Trump’s pick will be Elise Stefanik
I hope not it should be Jim Jordan!!!
Or she’s gearing up for a quixotic presidential run and cleverly getting her old pal in position to replace her.
Not to worry. The pathetic limp wrists that are the Repugnants will always turn snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.
The parties may be GOP vs Democrat, but the real political division is Populist vs the Swamp. Have a niece who is a pro abortion Wiccan who I would never think of as a Republican or conservative, but the pandemic abuses has definitely made her put her on the Populist side as she is angry and fed up with the Swamp pushing the jabs and destroying the economy as her family struggles.
I think McCarthy was hoping that the situation would die down. But Lizard can’t keep her yap shut, so he had no choice but to cut bait.
145 of these quislings voted for Liz Cheney last February.
ALL of them that voted for her need to be replaced.
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