Kevin McCarthy Tries to Have It Both Ways on Liz Cheney's Treachery and Shows He Is Not up to the Job
By streiff | Jan 22, 2021 9:30 AM ET
Last week, noted VichyCon, Wyoming Representative Liz Cheney figuratively emerged from the political equivalent of the Compiègne Wagon and announced that she would vote to impeach President Trump, after he leaves office, for something he did not do (read Trump Vindicated? Stunning WaPo Report on Capitol Riots Timeline May Change Impeachment Trial Ball Game).
Her rationale for doing this is not all that clear. The act itself is bereft of even a whiff of principle. There is no apparent payoff. As I wrote in Liz Cheney’s Congressional Career Appears to Be Over:
One doesn’t know whether Cheney just wanted to go out of Congress with a bang; or if she seriously misread the tenor of the GOP both nationally and at home and thought this “maverick†vote was her ticket to more power; or, if being true to her heritage, she couldn’t resist getting involved in a war with no victory conditions and no way out.
Almost immediately, a petition was circulated to remove Cheney from her position as leader of the House GOP Conference. If she’d had all virtue that she’s signaled by her impeachment vote, she would have resigned when she found herself not only out-of-step with her caucus but unable to convince any but the weakest members to vote with her. The PoliticalSmartGuys™ all hinted that the removal petition was just the effort of a few wild-eyed QAnon types, but when the conference actually votes by secret ballot, Cheney would survive. As of Tuesday, over half the Republican Conference had signed the petition indicating that Cheney’s chances of survival are about the same as getting a court to hear a challenge to an apparently fraudulent election.
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