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How Liz Cheney lost Republican support ahead of Stefanik vote this week - Fox News
May 10, 2021 2 mins, 26 secs
It's all but a fait accompli that the House GOPers will bounce House Republican Conference Chairwoman Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., from her post and install Stefanik.

This is a vote about former President Trump and his continued domination of the Republican Party.

Jim Banks, R-Ind., chairs the Republican Study Committee, the largest bloc of conservatives in the House.

Cheney has called out Trump and fellow Republicans over purported fraud in the election and the Jan.

And right now, it's clear that she doesn't represent the views of the majority of our conference or the focus that all of us have to win back the majority," said Banks.

The fight over Cheney is really a partial relitigation of the 2020 election and how the party remains attached to the former president as it tries to reclaim the House and Senate in the 2022 midterms.

Then, Cheney was one of 10 House Republicans who voted to impeach the former president after the riot.

And then, Cheney continued talk about the riot and how the president and many of her colleagues pushed the narrative that Trump may actually have won.

Many House Republicans say they were OK with Cheney voting to impeach.

ELISE STEFANIK COULD BE ONE-TERM GOP CONFERENCE CHAIR IF SHE BEATS LIZ CHENEY.

House Republicans say the problem with Cheney is that she "continued" to talk about the riot and the Electoral College after surviving a no-confidence vote in February.

McCarthy teamed up with the former president, earning a promise to help Republicans flip the House.

And, because many Republican voters still support Trump, most House GOPers are afraid to stand against him, lest he excoriate them or back a primary challenger.

On Monday, Trump declared that Republicans have "a massive opportunity to upgrade" from "warmonger" Cheney to "gifted communicator" Stefanik.

"We need someone in Leadership who has experience flipping districts from Blue to Red as we approach the important 2022 midterms, and that’s Elise!" Trump said in a statement.

"Are you with Trump and the 'Big Lie' or are you with the facts and arguably more ideologically conservative view of Republicanism?" asked longtime congressional observer David Hawkings about Cheney.

After watching Stefanik battle with House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, D-Calif., the former president tweeted "A new Republican Star is born.".

"I was very proud to nominate you to serve as our Conference Chair," said Stefanik of the Wyoming congresswoman at event for GOP women on Jan. 17, 2019.

"That is the highest position of women in the Republican Conference and we think you're a huge asset in that role.".

"I think Liz Cheney's greatest offense apparently is she is principled and she believes in the truth," said House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md., at a forum with the Washington Post.

That if you are not 1,000% for Donald Trump, somehow you're not a good Republican.".

So we'll know officially what Republicans think of Cheney on Wednesday

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