GOP Rep. Banks: Liz Cheney is a ‘distraction’ and must be ousted

​Rep. Jim Banks said Sunday that fellow Republican Liz Cheney must be ousted from her No. 3 leadership position in the House because her criticisms of former President Donald Trump have become a “distraction” from the GOP’s opposition to the Biden administration’s “radical” agenda.

“Republicans are almost completely unified in a single mission to oppose the radical, dangerous Biden agenda and win back the majority in the midterm election. And any other focus other than that is a distraction from stopping the Biden agenda from what it — what it’s already done in three months,” Banks (R-Ind.) said on “Fox News Sunday.” “That’s our focus as a House Republican conference. And any leader who’s not focused on that … needs to be replaced,” he said.