Kinzinger plotted to oust McCarthy after Jan. 6 attack
By Scott Wong - 05/10/21 05:13 PM EDT
Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) said Monday he huddled with some GOP colleagues after a pro-Trump mob attacked the Capitol on Jan. 6 to discuss forcing a vote of no confidence in House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.).
Kinzinger abandoned the idea after it didn’t get much traction, but the revelation underscores how furious some Republican lawmakers were with McCarthy as he endorsed then-President Trump’s lie that the 2020 presidential election was stolen.
Kinzinger’s account comes on the same day McCarthy announced that he had scheduled a vote for Wednesday to boot GOP Conference Chair Liz Cheney (Wyo.) from the No. 3 leadership post for continuing to speak out against Trump’s false claims about the election.
“I actually thought the person that should have their leadership challenged was Kevin McCarthy after Jan. 6. Because that's why this all happened,” Kinzinger said during a Zoom event with the National Press Club.
“I was considering, you know, having a vote of no confidence against Kevin, and our feeling was no, let's move on. We're gonna vote to impeach the president; we need to move on,” he said.
more
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/552727-kinzinger-plotted-to-oust-mccarthy-after-jan-6-attack