Senate GOP dismayed by vote to boot Cheney

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Senate Republicans are expressing dismay, publicly and privately, over the House GOP's vote to remove Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) from leadership, which some GOP lawmakers see as a worrisome sign of former President Trump's continued grip on the party.

It's not lost on them that their own leader, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), has also dismissed Trump's claims of widespread fraud in the 2020 election as "repeated election lies" and they themselves are under pressure from Trump to find a new leader.

Many GOP senators, however, are keeping quiet about their concerns and would prefer to talk about other subjects, namely what they view as President Biden's far-too-costly infrastructure agenda and plan to raise taxes on corporations.

It's possible that Cheney, who had eyed a run for Senate in 2013 and again in 2019, was a member of the Senate GOP leadership, she wouldn't have been deposed.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/senate-gop-dismayed-by-vote-to-boot-cheney/ar-BB1gGNFQ

Don't think Lindsey Graham is dismayed.

[RockRaven]

1. "We cannot believe the traits we've been selecting for have become widespread in the population!"

[Caliman73]

10. I can't believe the leopard ate my face...

says the member of the "Leopards eating faces" Party.

[MontanaMama]

2. Is Susan Collins concerned yet?

It isn't a thing until her panties are ruffled.

[gratuitous]

13. From the story

Sen. Collins made this bold statement:

Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine), a prominent moderate, also expressed dismay over the Cheney vote.

"I have said that I believe Liz Cheney is an honorable, courageous individual who did what she thinks is right, but it's up to the House to choose its own leaders, it's not up to senators," she said.

So, she's dismayed, which tells us where the headline came from. Not sure if that's more or less intense than concerned. I like how The Hill's headline for this story lines up so badly with the actual substance of the report. The only Senate Republican quoted as saying that this episode is actually bad for the party is not identified. All the rest seem to come down on the side of "that's the House's business, not ours." And none of them were asked (apparently) or volunteered an opinion about whether The Big Lie is a lie.

[Fullduplexxx]

3. Wait til they see her lose her seat in 2022

[Dan]

4. I thought she was just re-elected, Senate has 6 year terms.

[hatrack]

6. Huh?

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[yonder]

7. ??

[FakeNoose]

11. Liz Cheney is a member of the House of Representatives

She represents the District of Wyoming, and it's called an "at-large district."

The state of Wyoming has a population of 576,851 - and that's for the ENTIRE state. Meanwhile there are 31 cities in the United States that have populations that are larger - some are much larger - and most are voting heavily Democratic. Her authority and seniority are miniature compared to the BLUE CITIES of New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Houston, Philadelphia, etc.

If she were to run for a Senate seat in Wyoming, and win, she would have even more authority and she'd be even more outsized by our BLUE STATE populations. It's insane how much power we are ceding to her, and she doesn't deserve any of it.

(link) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liz_Cheney
(link) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_cities_by_population

[Dan]

12. Referring to the comment on Susan Collins...

My bad if it was not clear.

[Fullduplexxx]

14. Yes they get 6 years however ..Liz Cheney gets 2022 primary challenger after voting to impeach Trump

Liz Cheney gets 2022 primary challenger after voting to impeach Trump

https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/535063-liz-cheney-gets-2022-primary-challenger-after-voting-to-impeach-trump

in the general election on November 8, 2016. Cheney defeated seven other Republican candidates in the primary election,

[Dan]

15. Well, referring to Liz,

I suspect that in 2022, she will win again.

She is the future of the new GOP and she has the bloodlines.

[Lovie777]

8. What bullshit . .......

[Towlie]

9. And then Kevin McCarthy says no one is questioning the legitimacy of the 2020 election.

 
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It reminds me of a scene in Schindler's List when a Jewish woman architect tells Nazi officer Amon Goeth that there's a problem with a building's foundation and it has to be redone. First he shoots her, then he gives the order to redo the foundation.