House GOP keeps Cheney as No. 3 leader, stands by Greene

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AP

By ALAN FRAM, BRIAN SLODYSKO and KEVIN FREKING

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans decided Wednesday to stand by two GOP lawmakers who have polarized the party, voting to retain Rep. Liz Cheney as their No. 3 leader and saying they’d fight a Democratic push to kick Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene off her committees.

In a 145-61 vote by secret ballot, House Republicans overwhelmingly rebuffed a rebellion by hard-right conservatives to toss Cheney, R-Wyo., over her vote last month to impeach then-President Donald Trump.

Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy ridiculed Democrats for slating a House vote on Thursday that would remove Greene from her committees. McCarthy’s comment was a signal that he was dismissing bipartisan demands that the hard-right Georgia Republican be punished for her online embrace of racist and violent views and bizarre conspiracy theories.

The decisions over Greene and Cheney have subjected the GOP to a politically agonizing test of its direction as it moves beyond the Trump presidency. Since he grudgingly vacated the White House last month, the party has been ideologically adrift as it’s struggled over whether to embrace his norm-busting divisiveness or the party’s more traditional, policy-oriented conservative values.



Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., walks with fellow House Republicans on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2021, following a meeting called by House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy. Democrats are demanding that the GOP leadership remove her from committee assignments because of her history of using social media to endorse outlandish conspiracy theories and violent, racist views. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)


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[OAITW r.2.0]

1. Pic: Just a couple of Nazi's elected to the US Congress.

Fucking glad my mom and dad never lived to see this shit.

[Thekaspervote]

2. The day is coming they will regret their embrace of this level of crazy

They may have applauded her, but in reality I’m sure they snicker.

With dotard’s popularity down 20 points since December, it may come sooner than later

[drray23]

3. thats her posse. A bunch of nazis like Cawthorne.nt

[napi21]

4. There's a vote tomorrow on wether MTG should keep her committee assignments. Because the Dems have

control of the house, I think she MIGHT just lose both of them. I HOPE SO! I live in Ga. & she's made me ashamed of my State! We finally elected Warnock & Ossoff to the Senate & her actions have put a black cloud over us & we can't even celebrate turning the Senate Blue.

[OAITW r.2.0]

5. Hey, Kevin, how's that split going? Inner thigh muscles getting tight?

Keep stretching Kevin.....

[abqtommy]

6. Every day, in every way, the reTHUGS prove they should not stay...

[SunSeeker]

7. So they were OK with her live-tweeting Pelosi's wheteabouts to insurrectionists on Jan.6??

[thenelm1]

8. So basically they did nothing. What a surprise.

Dems, don't let your guard down. If these cucks don't even have the courage to challenge the lunatic(s) in their midst then you know damned well that they're going even further down the rabbit hole, whether they want to or not. They've completely lost any semblance of control over their party. They were all in with the Tea party back in the day, thinking they would be able to tame that beast - which they didn't. Now? The lunatics' are literally running the asylum and there is now no constraint at all on the cray-cray.

[Gore1FL]

9. Trying to have it both ways is so Republican. nt

[My Pet Orangutan]

10. So now we know. A secret ballot. 30% are trumpers.

The majority 'merely' cowards, grifters and soulless hacks.

[IronLionZion]

11. Nancy should still expel Greene

and the headlines need to be "Republicans divided over racist and violent views and bizarre conspiracy theories" since that's the truth.

[GB_RN]

12. Would That She Could

Unfortunately, it takes a 2/3 vote of the whole House to kick someone out. It’s just not up to Pelosi.

[IronLionZion]

14. They might have enough votes to remove her from committee assignments

and do whatever they did to that racist asshole Steve King from Iowa rendering him powerless and useless.

[GB_RN]

15. True

But, that was Qevin McQarthy and the QOP House Steering Committee that stripped Steve KKKing (R-Nazi) of his committee assignments, not the whole House. In this case, it will be a (mostly) party-line vote of the Democrats vs the QOP.

There will be a few who will cross to vote with the Democrats, like the guy from Illinois and possibly Cheney herself. But since she just got her ass handed to herself on a platter - and NOT ONE GODDAMNED THING was done to Marjorie Taylor Greene (Q-Batshit Fucking Crazy, GA), I think she’s probably going to toe the Q-ball party line for a while.