House conservatives pile on Cheney at GOP conference meeting

[brooklynite]

Source: Politico

Members of the conservative House Freedom Caucus tore into Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) during a heated GOP conference meeting on Tuesday, lobbing attacks at her for breaking with President Donald Trump, supporting Dr. Anthony Fauci and backing a primary opponent to one of their colleagues.

Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), a Freedom Caucus co-founder and one of Trump’s top allies, called out Cheney, the GOP conference chairwoman, for all the times she has opposed Trump and began ticking off some recent high-profile examples, according to two sources in the room. While Jordan praised her defense of Trump during impeachment, he also said Cheney’s recent rebukes of Trump — which have focused on Trump’s handling of the coronavirus, his Twitter rhetoric, and his foreign policy — were not helpful.

Rep. Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.), the head of the Freedom Caucus, even accused Cheney of undermining the GOP’s ability to win back the House and said that if someone has a problem with Trump, they should keep it to themselves.

Cheney responded to the criticism from her colleagues by saying she disagrees with Jordan’s assessment and making clear her views are her own.

Read more: https://www.politico.com/news/2020/07/21/house-cheney-gop-conference-375812

[Zorro]

1. Talk about a bag full of rabid weasels...

[lastlib]

20. Hey! that's offensive to the entire Mustelidae family!

Weasels are noble beasts compared to these GOPee sewer-scum! Even rabid weasels are better than that.

[olegramps]

33. How about rabid, oozing puss, scurvy, crap eating, bloody eyed sewer rats for a suggestion.

[lastlib]

39. Throw in "mangy, worm-infested," and I'm in!

Thanks for the assist!

[NBachers]

34. Hey! Sewers are a hallmark of civilization. Don't degrade sewage by comparing it with republicans!

[jayschool2013]

29. The Freedom Caucus

Free = Not so much.
Dumb = Most definitely.
Cock us = They're trying.

[Cha]

41. I was thinking rabid hyenas.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

2. I never thought I'd see the day when Liz Cheney became an apostate GOPer.

[2naSalit]

14. Indeed.

the very spawn of darth! Just goes to show ya.

[gordianot]

19. Isn't that how the Star Wars saga ended?

Dad is on life support all these years and his progeny rebels (in this case just a little). Life imitates Art.

[Cirque du So-What]

3. Strange days

when Lizard Cheney is the adult in the room.

[jaxexpat]

5. Speaks profoundly to the nature of the room.

[BlueMTexpat]

13. This!

[Cha]

42. Exactly.. That "room".

[DBoon]

40. In a land of 2 year olds

a 7 year old is a mature adult

[jaxexpat]

48. and 'time out' at the day care is long over due

[pazzyanne]

4. Didn't have good feelings about Dick Cheney when he was in office.

However, I do have a modicum of respect for his daughter.

[Lucky Luciano]

9. No, she's scum.

[pazzyanne]

10. She may be scum, but she definitely makes some interesting stands.

Remember I said a modicum of respect.

[JonLP24]

37. whatever stands she makes -- criticizing Trump is a very low bar

is ruined by her shots at Democrats I won't get into. The Republican party is still an awful party with or without Trump.

I guess I will get into it.

I can't forgive Liz Cheney for this

Why Liz Cheney Is So Determined to Marginalize Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar
The Wyoming Republican has resorted to outrageous lies to vilify the first two Muslim women in the House. She’s practicing the ugliest form of divide-and-conquer politics. But it won’t work.

https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/liz-cheney-rashida-tlaib-ilhan-omar/

[JI7]

47. nothing interesting about it. If there wasn't the risk of the old man dying

she wouldn't care

[yellowcanine]

6. Oh the butt hurt!

STFU Matt Gaetz. You will not see a Republican majority again in the House as long as you and your ilk are around.

[fleur-de-lisa]

7. Republicans in disarray!

[NBachers]

35. Yes! Republicans in disarray! Republicans in disarray!

[ck4829]

8. K&R

[patphil]

11. If someone has a problem with Trump, they should keep it to themselves?

Sounds like Andy Biggs is well aware of Trump's problems, but would rather not address them. After all, it's better to reelect a defective president and protect their seats in the Congress than it is to serve the interests of the people.

Not that I'm a supporter of Liz Cheney, but she does sometimes do the right thing.

[Midnight Writer]

12. Liz Cheney flunked her purity test.

[PatSeg]

15. Whoa, can't believe I am actually

on Liz Cheney's side, at least in this particular case. She has been right a few times recently. It will be interesting to see if she holds on to her seat while so many around her don't. That said, I don't really expect to agree with her too often, but she does get credit when she is right. Meanwhile, she has voted with Trump 97% of the time.

[Astraea]

16. "Freedom" Caucus?

Oh yeah, you're free all right. Free to think just as we think, and do just as we do. What a f***ing joke.

[RainCaster]

24. "Free to be Dumb"

and racist, and idiots who love Putin.
That is what the GOP is offering.

[louis-t]

17. I hope it was a small room. With no masks allowed.

And ceiling fans rotating slowly so as to spread the air around the room evenly.

[krispos42]

18. Lemmings off of a cliff

Nice to see the Official Party of Rugged Individualism©™® is so deeply in the herd mentality.

It can be a strength... unless you're herd is full steam ahead towards a cliff.

[brooklynite]

21. UPDATE: Gaetz says Cheney should be removed or step down as GOP leader

Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) is calling on House GOP Conference Chairwoman Liz Cheney (Wyo.) to step down or be removed from her leadership role following a heated confrontation during a House GOP conference meeting on Tuesday morning.

Gaetz accused Cheney, the third-ranking House GOP member, of working behind the scenes and in public against President Trump, making the charges on Twitter and on his podcast.

"I do not believe that Liz Cheney is the right person to lead the House Republican Conference into this upcoming November election,” Gaetz said in a podcast exclusively obtained by The Hill in advance of its release.

https://thehill.com/homenews/house/508330-gaetz-says-cheney-should-be-removed-or-step-dow-as-gop-leader

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

23. Go home Gaetz

You're drunk again.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

22. They all support Hair Fuehrer.

And don't like apostates.

[philf99]

25. Maybe the opening shots

In what inevitably will be a Republican Civil War.

[czarjak]

26. It's as if The Party of Personal Responsibility...

Is being led by someone who won’t accept responsibility. “At all”

[saidsimplesimon]

27. "Who's sorry now?"

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[niyad]

31. So lovely. Thank you.

[GETPLANING]

28. If Liz Cheney told Gym Jordan and Andy Biggs to go

f*** themselves, I wouldn't have a problem with it.

[BigDemVoter]

30. She may come out against Pussy-Grabber from time to time, but she is still

a monstrous idiot, and her dad is a fucking war criminal.

[IronLionZion]

32. Her dad is still a Dick

[Brainfodder]

36. How dare she behave even remotely reasonably!?!

'nuff said.

[Yeehah]

38. How can there be so many stupid people in Ohio

who would actually vote for someone like Gym Jordan?

Boggles the mind.

[Hekate]

43. If you lie down with dogs, you get fleas. And if you lie down with rabid dogs...

... Jordan and Gaetz will bite you in the ass.

OTOH, they better be leery if she invites them to go duck hunting.

[pazzyanne]

49. "...they better be leery if she invites them to go duck hunting."

The best line on this thread. Thanks for the laugh, Hekate!

[Xolodno]

44. They are frustrated.

They believed blind loyalty and kissing Trump's ass would lead them to victory. So now they are eating their own who didn't show enough "loyalty" as an excuse.

[Progressive Jones]

45. I can't wait for "Jock Sniffer" Jordan and "Punch My Stupid Looking Face" Gaetz

to go down in flames in November.

[usajumpedtheshark]

46. evey republican congress person should have to testify under oath

whey the supported a criminal president instead of keeping their oath. maybe all the lives being ruined right now could have been avoided if any of them had a shred of decency