McDaniel says she still considers Cheney a Republican despite Wyoming GOP vote
By Julia Manchester - 11/18/21 11:38 AM EST
Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel on Thursday said she still considers Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) to be a member of the party after the Wyoming GOP voted to no longer recognize the congresswoman Republican.
"Obviously she's still a Republican," McDaniel said at a Christian Science Monitor Breakfast in Washington.
"But I get from a state party standpoint when you have a congressperson or a senator who's not supporting your state party, who's not talking about electing Republicans up and down the ballot," she continued. "The thing about that everyone should be taking note is that a state party is the most grassroots body that the state has. These are people who are running in their district committee and they're going to their county convention and they're getting on their state committee and they really represent where the party is in their state."
"So that was their choice to do that and then the voters will make a choice in the primary in Wyoming," she said, adding that she wished Cheney was talking about electing Republicans more.
The Hill reached out to Cheney’s office for comment.
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