Scoop: GOP leaders threaten Cheney ouster

[brooklynite]

Axios

Top Republicans are turning on Rep. Liz Cheney, the party’s highest-ranking woman in Congress, with one conservative leader suggesting she could be ousted from her GOP post within a month.

Why it matters: The comments by Reps. Steve Scalise, the minority whip, and Jim Banks, chairman of the Republican Study Committee, carry weight because of their close relationship with House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) — who is openly feuding with Cheney.

Banks (R-Ind.), leader of the largest conservative caucus in the House, told Axios Friday that Cheney's continued criticisms are "an unwelcome distraction," and he questioned whether she would retain her leadership role in a month.

Banks' comments were echoed more diplomatically by Scalise (R-La.), the No. 2 Republican in the House.

[2naSalit]

1. Is it iron fist or eating their own?

I think I'm confused.

[GoCubsGo]

3. I'm thinking it's more like a suicide mission.

Ol' Dick is still around, and he isn't going to take kindly to the way his daughter is being treated. He also knows where all the GOP bodies are buried. I don't think this is going to end well for McCarthy and his toadies. One can only hope. If Cheney destroys these assholes, it would be the first time in his miserable life that he ever did the right thing for his country.

[2naSalit]

4. No shit...

That's exactly what I was thinking.

[bullwinkle428]

8. I still don't trust "blood is thicker than water" when it comes to

the Cheney family. Just look at how Mary was thrown under the bus!

[JHB]

10. Mary wasn't heir to Dick's empire.

Lis is.

[Miguelito Loveless]

9. Not seeing Cheney as having any clout

If he did, you would have seen people taken down by now. All The Lich King can do is invite them on a hunting trip, and I doubt anyone will accept.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

2. The GOP doesn't like "uppity women"

Never mind that her dad was a long time GOP leader.

On edit: Scalise is most definitely a number 2 Republican if you know what I mean.

[ColinC]

5. Could a cheney lose in wyoming?

If she ran for senate, for instance, as a democrat, how would she do?

[brooklynite]

6. "As a Democrat" she would lose...

"As a Republican" she might also lose.

[ColinC]

11. I'm willing to bet my life savings

That she also maybe, possibly, at least in a blue moon in the most perfect scenario, just might not lose as a blue dog Democrat.

[bullwinkle428]

7. Insurrectionist Caucus says what??

This is, in fact, how the Democrats should respond, whenever they're asked about specific House or Senate members that openly supported the MAGA army, and voted against the certification of election results.