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As GOP fortunes soar, Liz Cheney gets toxic even to the GOPe
americanthinker.com ^ | 2/19/22 | Monica Showalter

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.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Politics/Elections; US: Wyoming
KEYWORDS: 2022; cheney; elections; gop; lizardcheney; lizcheney; thelizard
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The GOPe are pissed that they have been dragged kicking and screaming to be against Cheney (they're not fooling anybody by the way, we all know they're for her).

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.

1 posted on 02/19/2022 12:11:14 PM PST by cotton1706
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To: cotton1706
But we don't forget!
2 posted on 02/19/2022 12:12:01 PM PST by cotton1706
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To: cotton1706

Nasty old hag needs to join the libtard Marxist party where she will be appreciated 🤪


3 posted on 02/19/2022 12:16:24 PM PST by NWFree (Somebody has to say it)
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Has a Cheney ever lost an election in WY?


4 posted on 02/19/2022 12:17:39 PM PST by Theodore R. ( )
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To: cotton1706

I think Kevin is only against her, because he too faces reelection.


5 posted on 02/19/2022 12:17:42 PM PST by Robert DeLong
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I think Teton County, Wyo. went for BiXiden.


6 posted on 02/19/2022 12:19:36 PM PST by Paladin2
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To: cotton1706
Remember back when Paul Ryan was considered a "true conservative" back before we all figured out he is a true traitor crony corruptocrat.

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.

7 posted on 02/19/2022 12:26:46 PM PST by AndyJackson
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To: cotton1706

Agree on every point.


8 posted on 02/19/2022 12:38:36 PM PST by Starboard
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To: AndyJackson

Exactly right. Never trust the GOP.


9 posted on 02/19/2022 12:39:43 PM PST by Starboard
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To: cotton1706
The premise of Republican fortunes rising is not entirely accurate. It is not so much the Republicans are rising, as the realization that the Democrats are going to be irreversibly damaged for the next few years is becoming impossible to ignore. Republicans like McCarthy are trying to get ahead of reality before it goes public to save their careers.
10 posted on 02/19/2022 12:46:47 PM PST by Widget Jr
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To: cotton1706

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.


11 posted on 02/19/2022 12:53:38 PM PST by Fireone (When they pry them from my cold, dead, unvaccinated hands.)
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To: Widget Jr

The GOP has become the Not Democrat party. The GOP Senate declined to even release a platform for 2022.


12 posted on 02/19/2022 1:34:10 PM PST by lodi90
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To: cotton1706

Kevin McCarthy, the Lindsey Graham of the House of Representatives. He needs to be ushered out.

Jim Jordan would be a fabulous Speaker.


13 posted on 02/19/2022 1:44:10 PM PST by BrexitBen
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From what I read, Trump’s pick will be Elise Stefanik


14 posted on 02/19/2022 1:52:29 PM PST by roving (Vaxxers Suddenly Eager To Be Pro-Choice)
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I hope not it should be Jim Jordan!!!


15 posted on 02/19/2022 1:55:17 PM PST by Trump Girl Kit Cat (Yosemite Sam raising hell)
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To: cotton1706

Or she’s gearing up for a quixotic presidential run and cleverly getting her old pal in position to replace her.


16 posted on 02/19/2022 1:57:09 PM PST by 9YearLurker
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To: cotton1706
Republicans are soaring in the polls

Not to worry. The pathetic limp wrists that are the Repugnants will always turn snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.

17 posted on 02/19/2022 3:37:47 PM PST by LouAvul (The liberal's mantra: " I don't understand why this has to be so hard.")
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To: cotton1706

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.


18 posted on 02/19/2022 3:59:57 PM PST by AndyTheBear
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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.


19 posted on 02/19/2022 4:02:14 PM PST by stratboy
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To: cotton1706

145 of these quislings voted for Liz Cheney last February.

ALL of them that voted for her need to be replaced.


20 posted on 02/19/2022 4:51:06 PM PST by Lurkinanloomin ( (Natural born citizens are born here of citizen parents)(Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
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