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PERGRAM: Liz Cheney was just a small piece of GOP's path to win back the majority
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The vote by House Republicans to ditch Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) as House GOP Conference chair is about three things: the present, the future and the long-term future.
The "long-term future" is in the great beyond. McCarthy knew he had the votes in the bag to expel Cheney as the third-highest ranking Republican in the House and most-senior GOP woman in American government. The House Republican Conference affirmed Cheney’s status in February, 145-61. But support for Cheney quickly evaporated. It’s unclear what the vote would have been like had McCarthy ordered a "recorded" voted behind closed doors. But he didn’t need to. The "present" meant that McCarthy wielded the upper hand and Cheney did not. So McCarthy called the vote and Cheney was toast.More Related News