Trump ally pushes to banish Liz Cheney from House GOP conferenceA leading House conservative and close ally to Donald Trump wants Republicans to oust Liz Cheney from the party amid her public opposition to the former president and her ongoing role in the probe into the Capitol insurrection.
Pennsylvania Representative Scott Perry, chairman of the Freedom Caucus, on Wednesday privately argued to colleagues that Cheney essentially left the GOP when she agreed to join the committee investigating the Jan. 6 riot and condemned Trump and other Republicans, two GOP lawmakers who were in the meeting said.
“The point is we’re going to have a meeting with the leader to talk about it. Hopefully this week,” Perry said after the closed-door meeting, referring to his request to discuss a resolution to banish Cheney with Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy.
Representative Liz Cheney, a Republican from Wyoming, speaks to members of the media outside a hearing for the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Tuesday, July 27, 2021. Seven House Democrats and two Republicans today launch what they say will be the fullest investigation yet of the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, an inquiry that could drag the issue into next year's midterm election campaign.
Cheney already has been stripped of her position as the No. 3 House Republican leader, but she has remained in the party. The Wyoming state party in November narrowly passed a resolution to no longer recognize her as a member of the GOP.
Perry, who declined a request to be interviewed by the Jan. 6 panel, argued to his colleagues that Cheney and Illinois Republican Adam Kinzinger — the only other GOP member on the committee — allow Democrats to claim the committee is bipartisan, lending credence to its work, according to the two lawmakers, who asked for anonymity to talk about the private discussions. .............
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